Comments on: The Arithmetic of Souls https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/12/18/the-arithmetic-of-souls/ Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues. Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:53:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: Wesley https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/12/18/the-arithmetic-of-souls/comment-page-1/#comment-217582 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:53:24 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/12/18/the-arithmetic-of-souls/#comment-217582 In reply to ltbugaf.

Your “Lord” never said anything about abortion. Those men you call his servants are lying con men who, in addition to covering up the crimes of pedophiles, have the temerity to try to speak for God. You know it’s true.

]]> By: ltbugaf https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/12/18/the-arithmetic-of-souls/comment-page-1/#comment-21641 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:41:08 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/12/18/the-arithmetic-of-souls/#comment-21641 Jeff, I don’t think the atheists have won. There just isn’t an answer yet. This hasn’t been revealed; until it is, all our speculations will come to nothing. I understand that it’s interesting, and perhaps even useful, to think about things that aren’t yet revealed, and stretch our own intellects. But this all hinges on identifying an exact point at which a pre-existing spirit enters a newly created body, and the Lord has never told us when that is. All he has told us, through his servants, is to avoid abortion except in certain cases of danger, and to approach those special cases seeking guidance through prayer and Priesthood counseling. In this case, I don’t see how trying to make up an answer will do me or anyone else any good.

]]> By: Jeff Milner https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/12/18/the-arithmetic-of-souls/comment-page-1/#comment-18755 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:20:23 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/12/18/the-arithmetic-of-souls/#comment-18755 I’m talking about embryo’s that DO exist. :)

According to the dictionary, in humans, embryos are “the prefetal product of conception from implantation through the eighth week of development.”

]]> By: Mary Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/12/18/the-arithmetic-of-souls/comment-page-1/#comment-18753 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:54:52 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/12/18/the-arithmetic-of-souls/#comment-18753 well an embryo isn’t in existence at that time. you don’t even know you are pregnant. Pregnancy doesn’t occur until a good week after ovulation.

]]> By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/12/18/the-arithmetic-of-souls/comment-page-1/#comment-18752 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:42:21 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/12/18/the-arithmetic-of-souls/#comment-18752 Do I think the abortion of a three-day-old embryo is immoral? No.

]]> By: Mary Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/12/18/the-arithmetic-of-souls/comment-page-1/#comment-18750 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:50:55 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/12/18/the-arithmetic-of-souls/#comment-18750 My feeling is, even if the spirit is not yet in the embryo, one is assigned anyway. This is just my personal opinion though.

When we lost our first, I felt the presence of that child AFTER he was gone. So I can’t say one way or another whether the spirit was in the body. The baby died at about 6 weeks gestation.

]]> By: Jeff Milner https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/12/18/the-arithmetic-of-souls/comment-page-1/#comment-18749 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:39:01 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/12/18/the-arithmetic-of-souls/#comment-18749 In the case of an embryo without a soul—would an abortion at that point be immoral?

]]> By: Capt. Obsidian https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/12/18/the-arithmetic-of-souls/comment-page-1/#comment-18745 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:05:01 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/12/18/the-arithmetic-of-souls/#comment-18745 m wondering is, how does one reconcile this very simple mathematical dilemma?"</i> The writer's assumption is that "every three-day-old blastocyst is en-souled". That assumption is not necessarily valid.]]> “What I’m wondering is, how does one reconcile this very simple mathematical dilemma?”

The writer’s assumption is that “every three-day-old blastocyst is en-souled”. That assumption is not necessarily valid.

]]> By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/12/18/the-arithmetic-of-souls/comment-page-1/#comment-18744 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:54:26 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/12/18/the-arithmetic-of-souls/#comment-18744 The quote you cited rests upon the premise that the spirit enters the embryo at conception. I don’t agree absolutely that it does.

]]> By: Mary Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/12/18/the-arithmetic-of-souls/comment-page-1/#comment-18738 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:14:45 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/12/18/the-arithmetic-of-souls/#comment-18738 Jeff

Well I haven’t responded because I don’t quite know what or how to respond (Kim probably will at some point). The whole division of spirits isn’t something I dwell on too much.

And I have never been good at math. :)

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