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The Soul Pre-existed with God Before Birth

The soul comes from God and the body comes from the Earth — the two are separate entities. When the physical body is no longer able to able to support life the soul returns to God and the body returns to the Earth from whence it came.

A certain pre-existent soul inhabits the fetus at a certain unknown point in gestation. It is impossible to know at exactly what point, scientifically, the soul enters the fetus. In Aristotle’s day it was believed that the human soul entered the fetus after conception at 40 days for males and 90 days for females. Some mystics believe that life enters the fetus at 40 to 45 days and if life enters after 48 days from conception, the being that will be born is considered to be phenomenal. However, it is only speculation, scientifically speaking, and there is no way to know when life actually enters the body beyond guess-work.

p>Contrary to religious opinion, the soul is not created together beginning at the time of conception. The decision for a soul that is to inhabit a certain body is made outside the mother’s womb. There is a definite reason for a soul to be reborn: for the purpose of progress of the soul in the greater scheme of things.

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