You’re thinking of the soul as some spiritual but material component of the person. It should also be noted that as the cells divide, they form a ring of cells that do not turn into the embryo but into the sac surrounding the embryo as well as the placenta. It’s actually the embryonic stem cells that exclusively become the body of the embryo.
The problem is that the time of twin occurrence, when you have two persons, is later than the time of conception, when soul is infused. So we are talking about impossibility.
The souls should somehow subdivide if they are infused. Does it happen naturally or God does that too? What about this? Does God guide sperms too or the process is random or based on laws of nature or somewhere between?
Are you positing that two persons – distinct from the first person – are produced?
Is what you are saying is position of Church?
No, what I’m doing is asking where you see the problem. If a second person is created (with the first person remaining), then there’s no problem. If you’re claiming that the original person ceases to exist and two new persons come into existence… well, then you’ll have to provide some evidence that this is the case.
You have one cell and one soul. That is the moment of conception. That is the starting. You then have two cells when each develop into one person. Where and when the second soul comes into play?No, what I’m doing is asking where you see the problem. If a second person is created (with the first person remaining), then there’s no problem. If you’re claiming that the original person ceases to exist and two new persons come into existence… well, then you’ll have to provide some evidence that this is the case.
No, the Church doesn’t teach this.
In general, yes. But, in this case, at conception, there is only one human who is created. The Church doesn’t believe that God creates souls prior to the existence of the human person.
Simple: when the second person comes into existence, so does the second soul.Gorgias:
You have one cell and one soul. That is the moment of conception. That is the starting. You then have two cells when each develop into one person. Where and when the second soul comes into play?No, what I’m doing is asking where you see the problem. If a second person is created (with the first person remaining), then there’s no problem. If you’re claiming that the original person ceases to exist and two new persons come into existence… well, then you’ll have to provide some evidence that this is the case.