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When did people get souls?

I guess the creationists must be right, because if evolution is true God must have decided sometime or other to bestow souls on some type of proto-human. Did he give souls to Neanderthals, or can we trace the existence of souls back to Homo habilis. Did he just say one day, OK you have evolved sufficiently and I've got a Saturday free, so I'm going to start doling out souls to any Hominid who doesn't look too ape-like?

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  • Anonymous
    10 years ago
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    And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. - Genesis 2:7

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Every living organism has a soul, even plants. Soul is nothing but pure energy which gives life to any anything non-living like our brain tissues.

    For a human being, the soul enters the fetus inside a mother's womb after x no. of weeks into pregnancy. Now I can't remember exactly how much that 'x' is. Every internet source I can find shows different values. For e.g. in Buddhism, its 40 days from the day of conception.

  • 10 years ago

    Genesis 2:7

    And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man BECAME a living soul.

    People aren't given souls, they're given breath and BECOME souls.

    All animate beings which breathe are the same

    Ecclesiastes 3:19

    For what happens to the sons of men also happens to animals; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other. Surely, they all have one breath; man has no advantage over animals, for all is vanity.

  • 10 years ago

    You have no soul nor do I. Souls do not exist. There is no god. creationists are a bunch of ignorant religious fanatics.

  • PEACE
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    God didn't give anyone a soul - nor did evolution (in my book).

    We are gods. I can offer you proof of that supports my theory. Can you offer me any scientific proof that supports yours? You don't need "the final" proof - just some proofs will do.

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Never.

    Your brain is purely deterministic. That is, it operates by the laws of physics and chemistry. Free will and moral responsibility are illusions. Human freedom is an illusion.

    A lot of athiests admit there's no such thing as a soul, but won't take this to its logical conclusion.

  • 10 years ago

    i hope alot of people have near death experiences... that usually wakes them up to realizing they have souls.

    WE DO HAVE SOULS! ever wondered why allot of people have out of body experiences during surgery ( they see them self getting surgery, but they're unconscious and they can feel it) or people who have seen ghosts.

    ever wondered why everyone personality is uniquely different.

    Source(s): i'm open minded, and i'm orthodox christian.
  • 10 years ago

    Souls dont exist

  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    properly to the loopy Christians im a stealer via fact im for helping human beings out of the closet. yet to the lgbt(lesbian gay bi transgender) community id evaluate myself a rescuer

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    When Jesus gave them to people at the human processing factory in the clouds

    Source(s): Lalalala
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