Would clones have souls? Maybe that's why they die so quickly...because God does not endow them with souls...they are copies of the biological aspect of a being--souls cannot be replicated. Souls are what spark life/animate the biological being.
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Well, according to Timothy Zahn, the reason that clones become unstable and die is because of the Force. You need to use ysalamiri to isolate them from the Force until they're full grown, then you can let them out into the world.
Eh, I dunno. They provided a clever way for a whole bunch of shit to happen. And they -were- good books. What did you think was so bad about them?
I think I read something about how scientists found out what caused the clones to degenerate. It was because of their telomeres. The protective repetition of DNA code. As a critter gets older the telomeres get worn down until the DNA degenerates and various diseases occur.
I think there are some more factors involved, but that makes quite a bit of sense.
Uh... well, he would be right except then every set of identical twins would be born either soulless or with one twin dead...
Um, clones are basically identical to the original.
To say they lack souls because they are the same is insane.
I guess this means there are only 4 ^ (number of DNA pairs) combinations of souls out there???
Thus we can calculate the human population gap... not.
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Clones died quickly because they used to clone chromosomes with their telomeres already shortened. That's the region near the tips of the chromosome.
Would clones have souls? Maybe that's why they die so quickly...because God does not endow them with souls...they are copies of the biological aspect of a being--souls cannot be replicated. Souls are what spark life/animate the biological being.
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That is all.
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...do Unicorns have souls? My what a paradox ...?! >:D
If they're exactly the same being, they'd have a soul. If not, they'd flop out the cloning chamber completely dead, because 'Souls are what spark life/animate the biological being'. Obviously.
EDIT: Anon-e-moose doesn't even need any arguments anymore, he just uses anime women and ponies and we all perfectly understand.
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