Would a Human Clone Have a Soul?

From Faith Science;

Would a Human Clone Have a Soul?

Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like ourselves. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.” So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky,
and all the animals that scurry along the ground.”
Genesis 1:26–28 nlt

God addressed Adam and Eve directly in Genesis 1:28 and gave them instructions. That scripture looks fine when considered on its own, but think about this. He did not create Adam’s body until Genesis 2:7 and did not create Eve’s body out of Adam’s genetic material until Genesis 2:22. If they did not have bodies when God addressed them in Genesis 1:28, what did their bodies have to do with their existence in God’s eyes? Absolutely nothing!

As far as God was concerned, he created Adam and Eve first; then he created a body for Adam and placed Adam in it. Then he extracted Adam’s DNA and created a body for Eve and placed her in it. Hence, the source of the human body has no bearing on the source of the human soul. That’s why there are no mistaken births with God. Every human soul was created by him and placed in a human body. Children who are born as a result of rape, incest, artificial insemination, or cloning are no less humans than those who come from the God-ordained sexual union of a husband and wife.

What we do on earth is only supply bodies, but God is the source of the soul. Did Eve have a soul? Yes! Was she created out of the ground like Adam? No! She was created out of Adam’s DNA. Did the creative process of her physical body impact the creative process of her soul? No! I have never heard anyone answer this question with certainty. Even the most noted biblical thinkers hit the wall when they consider the question of cloned human beings.

What does the process of acquiring a human body have to do with an eternal soul? Nothing! If two people can decide when they want to have sex or whether or not they want to use birth control, they can impact when a child is born. Does that human influence on birth cheapen the life of the child? Of course not!

Don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot touch your soul. Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matthew 10:28 nlt

And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
1 Corinthians 15:45–49 kjv

Sexual intercourse, artificial insemination, and cloning do not create souls. They are processes that create human bodies. God doesn’t discriminate based on the process by which the body was developed. A person is a person in God’s eyes because a person’s soul comes from him. The same quality soul can live in a strong, healthy body or one that’s broken and deformed. If the value of life was merely physical, people would be judged by the quality of their bodies and the circumstances of their birth. The better the body or birth environment, the better the person. Something about that approach doesn’t sound right to me and shouldn’t to you.

If you approach life this way, you’ll realize that God will hold every human being to the same eternal standard. It doesn’t matter the circumstances surrounding someone’s birth. If one doesn’t accept Jesus Christ according to Romans 10:9–10, one’s soul will be sent to hell. If one does believe in Jesus Christ, one’s soul will return to God, who created it. The moral questions that need to be answered have little to do with whether or not a human clone can have a soul. It’s more an issue of quality of life. If children resulting from improper sexual relationships face tremendous emotional and psychological challenges what do you think it would be like to be a human clone?

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Mark 8:36–37 kjv