Not according to the bible. Soul/breath enters the body when the baby takes first breath. And you shouldn’t be slapping it if it doesn’t breathe, it’s a choice of that soul/breath not to enter that body.
Your basis for this argumentation is the existence of this thing you call “soul”. What is it, how do you measure it, and how do you show it actually exists? Without actually showing there is such a thing as a soul, the rest of your argumentation falls apart. It drops dead to the ground, and is an invalid argument.
So, define the concept of soul, and demonstrate to us that there is such a thing. And I will need references and citations.
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Soul: A form of popular music popularized and mostly originated by African Americans from the 1950’s-1970’s. Characterized by an emphasis on the downbeat and featuring driving bass lines and often large horn sections. Origins are varied and include the gospel form found in African American churches and Blues musicians from the southern U.S.
Examples would be: James Brown, Tower of Power, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder,Otis Redding, Sam and Dave among many others.
Stax records and to a lesser degree Motown were record labels which promoted Soul Artists although Motown was more Pop music than raw Soul.
A cursory examination will yield many references and citing any here would be unnecessary.
A form of music derived from Soul is Funk, which places an even greater emphasis on the downbeat (1). James Brown is often credited with being the originator with his hit “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag”.
Although this was not the first Funk song, it was most certainly the first big Funk hit.
I have heard the claim that you do not choose to have Soul, that it chooses you, so there you go…I hope that answers all of your questions, including the ones you did not ask…Oh wait…you meant…Ah shit I got confused again…
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Oh wow, @Richeydale67. You just claimed Cognostic never read the Bible. There’s volumes of posts on here by Cognostic proving otherwise. That’s evidence against your claim that he hasn’t. I think you’re a congenital liar and a hypocrite.
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I think it’s just that religious people find it incomprehensible that godless heathens and god-deniers and religious refuseniks open the bible-book at all. Or can even read. I wouldn’t be surprised if they think we’d be reduced to a pile of ashes due to spontaneous combustion if we even touched a bible.
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OH Fuck! I am so glad I am not following the utter stupidity of this conversation.
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How do you know?
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…(raising hand in back of room)… Happened to me once. I got better, though.
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Goddammit, Cog! How many more times are we gonna have to tell you to stop taking the Lord’s name in vain… uh, vane?.. no, wait, uh, vein?.. Aw, hell, whichever one it is, STOP DOING IT!
Sorry, Mr. Rich. You’ll have to forgive Cog. He can be such an uncouth bastard sometimes.
So, what you are saying is that I had no choice in which soul entered my body?.. 
… Well, HOT DAMN! 
That means I am not responsible for anything I do! FREEEEEE-DOMMMMM!
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I really hate to have to be the one to break the news to you old Tinny boy, but clearly you do not understand the genius of Graud’s plan. You see, even though you had no choice of which soul entered your body, at the moment of soul-conception you did indeed become responsible. Look at it this way. It is a sort of soul-rape. Now that you are impregnated with the soul from the god-plan soul rapist, you are now responsible for that little soul inside you. So no, no free-dumb, no independence, no get-out-of-jail-free card, no, no, and more no.
But… But… But… Well… Shit. 
@David_Killens it was almost like that deer premeditated the woman becoming startled. While she was engrossed in what she was doing and completely unafraid, it came near to her. Just before she had fear, it seemed to sense a change, and ran away. The video didn’t jump, no one spoke, the woman didn’t react to a camera person’s surprise… so it appears as if she had her recording device on some sort of tripod and was alone.
Interesting video.
Did you see anything like this when you spent more time in the woods?
No. When stalking most of the time I saw nothing (hunter’s luck lol) And when traveling I wore a small bell to warn any wildlife ahead. They would hear me coming, and move off to the side. That way I avoided the delicate scenraio of running across a mother bear and her cubs.
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And I picked a good weekend to get drunk and watch racing on TV. Time well spent lol
Okay, that makes sense. Good idea. However, it does not explain why you have large chunks of raw meat hanging from your clothing during those hikes. Are you attempting an extreme version of the Pavlov’s Dog experiment?
A ringing bell may offer a mother bear the time and opportunity to move into cover, while apparently a bell is like a mating cry for a male bear.
@David_Killens this is a little strange, but i imagined the sound of you walking. It was peaceful.
Peaceful? The sound of Dave walking was PEACEFUL??? If so, you must have somehow edited out the sound of his chronic wheezing and his loudly farting every other step. Unless, of course, you happen to consider those things as peaceful.
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@Tin-Man Haha. Too funny. I just imagined the tinkling of a bell in time with walking, the sound of the wind in the trees (one of my favorite sounds), breath, and the rustle of leaves. And it was only for a moment.