Not sure...I think life is at conception...but as for a soul...I don't know at what point a baby would get a soul. I guess if I had to give an answer I would guess at conception as well.
But Futuremum I guess (I've said guess a lot here hey) that you would be right. Having a soul would make one an eternal being, so I don't think that a baby lost before birth would cease to exist, if it had a soul.
interesting... I've wondered this also, some people have suggested its when the heart starts beating, some say the moment of conception.
I think conception makes the most sense to me
I definitely believe that it happens super early on though, way before birth!
I think we get our souls when we start to live at conception The physical body lives for a while because it's temporary housing, but the soul is eternal.
I think that your baby's soul is there for that baby at conception but that the soul will enter the body when the heart starts to beat.
(before that I guess its just cruising around checking out the scenery)
This is probably going to sound really silly, but I recall reading once of a Chinese story that says everyone has a soul before they are born and for every soul there is a match, made in that time before birth and someone you will find on earth. I guess the idea that your spiritual 'being' is somehow there, just waiting for you to be created is something I find beautiful and haunting.
I think conception, maybe earlier (similar to Jennifer13's Chinese story...)
Even though we thought our family had finished with 3 children, for about 12 months before I conceived #4 I was dreaming of babies...specifically baby girls... I continued to dream of her all through my pregnancy.
I think she chose to join us at this time, I'm certain that she was 'with us' from the moment of conception & possibly earlier.
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The physical body lives for a while because it's temporary housing, but the soul is eternal.
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