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I think so. Each egg and each sperm contain only 23 chromosomes.
Huh, interesting. I wonder when I got that mixed up. Thanks for the correction.Yes, you are remembering that wrong. The division and selection (for lack of a better term) of which parts of the individual genome end up in the offspring happen when the egg or sperm are formed. Google mitosis vs meiosis.
Given that when a deceased person’s soul appears to the living they seem to retain the image of their physical characteristics, I actually would say those physical characteristics become an intrinsic part of the soul.I would say that you are a male person and she is a female person , and in your human nature, you are gendered. However, you wouldn’t say that other physical characteristics are intrinsically part of your soul, would you? Is your soul caucasian? Or blond? Or fat or skinny? Intuitively, we’d say “no”, wouldn’t you agree?
The soul may not have eyes in the way we do, but then my genetic code doesn’t have eyes either. Even so, my genes contain the reality of those eyes in them. I think it’s much the same way with our souls. Even though they may not posses physicality in and of themselves, those attributes are still a part of them…
I’m not going to hang my theological hat on that or anything, it’s just always how I’ve conceived of the soul.
Fair enough, I have no issue with that answer. Like I said, this is just something I’ve been considering lately.I think that I’d say that the physical, genetic part is ‘determined’ by our parents’ cooperation with God in the act of procreation.
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