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Old 10-22-2008, 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by drbible1611 View Post
2. WHEN DURING GESTATION DOES THE SOUL FORM?

Ecclesiastes chapter 11

5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

At some point during formation of the baby the spirit enters the baby and it becomes a LIVING SOUL.
That verse doesn't say that at all.

(Side note -- this topic is tough to discuss because it is not always clear if a poster understands that a soul and a spirit are two different things. But on this verse it makes little difference.)

The verse is a clear exclamation that the growth of a new child in its mothers womb is something we don't know. This reminds me of a video I watched in government school on gestation. You know what it was called? The Miracle of Life! Here these secular scientists knew that even after all their explaining they didn't scratch the surface of it and still called it a "miracle."

This very verse calls it a "work of God." Who are we to interrupt this work of God at any stage when the work is clearly began? (and the Bible makes clear this work begins at conceive -- just do a Bible search for "conceived") And absolutely that means not using hormonal birth control that can prevent implantation. Whether or not one thinks the soul is present at any given stage, it's still the work of God in progress. Let God complete his work -- and he calls his work a "child" -- not an embryo or zygote or fetus -- a child, brother! Look it up -- 26 times in 25 verses the Bible says it's a woman "with child" -- how much more glorious a description than "pregnant" or a woman "with the ingredients baking" -- with child! Amen?