Subject: spirit before God made us in thr womb |
Bible Note: Greetings crv464cad! Excellent question! There are basically only four views concerning the origin of the soul. The first two are unbiblical. The second two are biblical. 1) Pre-existence of Souls: This is basically the Mormon belief. This view says that souls exist prior to conception and are placed into the body after conception. There is no Scripture to support this view. 2) Re-incarnation: This view is a variation of the first view. Souls exist and migrate from body to body after death. Scripture definitely speaks out against this view. 3) Creationism: This is the view that God creates each inividual soul at conception. This is grounded in the Genesis account that God breathed on Adam and he became a living soul. The only problem with this view is that it requires a special act of creation for each birth, making reproduction, not a natural act, but a supernatural one. 4) Traducianism: This is the view that God has created the process in such a way that soul and body are all passed on through conception. Thus, when our parents egg and sperm unite, a living soul is created in the unification. This view has several advantages. a) Each birth does not have to be a special creative act of God. b) It would also explain how our sin nature is transmitted from generation to generation. Options 1 and 2 are decidedly unbiblical. Options 3 and 4 are decidedly biblical. My preference is option 4. I hope this helps! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |