Back when I was in middle school I saw this Arnold Schwarzenegger movie called "The Sixth Day". It was all about this evil corporation which runs this secret, behind-closed-doors human cloning market.
The film ends with a cloned Arnold Schwarzenegger talking to the original one about the meaning of his life as a clone. He asks, "Do I have a soul?"
A similar question was asked at a recent Bible Study meeting. One of the students asked if the Orcs from the Lord of the Rings fiction would have had souls. Another asked about Ents.
And, as always, people are very curious about whether dog, cats, and llamas have souls. (No one is ever curious whether dung beetles have souls.)
The Catholic faith, by way of Thomas Aquinas, has a lot to say on the topic. So let's dive in.
