Originally posted by checkbaiter
What makes you think they have no soul in the womb? What makes you think they didn't believe that 2000 years ago? Do you have a reference?
I already gave it. It's on Page 2 according to Jewish law: "the act of birth changes the status of the fetus from a nonperson to a person (nefesh)". http://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-beginning-of-life-in-judaism/
You do realize that at least a third and probably more than half of all zygotes "die" as a result of natural causes before birth? This creates a rather difficult theological problem if one A) Believes a soul enters a zygote at conception (which is an process, not an event): and B) One cannot enter Heaven without knowingly accepting Jesus as your Savior i.e. all those "souls" never had the ability to make such a choice.
EDIT: Apparently I overestimated a zygote's chance of survival until birth:
31% of all zygotes grow and survive to become living newborn babies.
https://quizlet.com/117565425/from-conception-to-birth-ch-2-flash-cards/
EDIT2: Interesting article here: http://reason.com/archives/2004/12/22/is-heaven-populated-chiefly-by
What's your take on this:
A fire breaks out in a fertility clinic and you have a choice: You can save a three-year-old child or a Petri dish containing 10 seven-day old embryos. Which do you choose to rescue?