Each soul would be as distinct as a fingerprint. I also believe that they all start off as a generic, one size fits all soul (as Biblically defined as the breath of life or the breath of God).
To answer the clone question, I would say yes.
How is allocation made? IDK.
As far as the rest of your questions.. I belive you're just asking, in a very pedantic way, when do we get our soul.
There are several schools of thought. Some would say upon inception (read gamete fusion). Others upon first spark of electrical activity in the formed brain. Still others when there is identifiable consciousness. A much smaller school sa's it's upon the age of reason (around 7). I'm of the mind of the first group.
To answer the clone question, I would say yes.
How is allocation made? IDK.
As far as the rest of your questions.. I belive you're just asking, in a very pedantic way, when do we get our soul.
There are several schools of thought. Some would say upon inception (read gamete fusion). Others upon first spark of electrical activity in the formed brain. Still others when there is identifiable consciousness. A much smaller school sa's it's upon the age of reason (around 7). I'm of the mind of the first group.
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