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So I was thinking about our debate/different definitions of alive. I was wondering about religion. The religion I was raised with sees abortions as wrong because it says that the soul enters the body at an early stage in the pregnancy. So basically it defines "life" or being "alive" as having a soul. But this is a little wishy-washy for science. In regards to our classroom discussions, we're basing beliefs off of summaries of observations. You can't observe a soul (that I know of). So does religion or spiritual belief have any place in science? I know that seems like a stupid question, but we're looking at science so differently now, I was wondering if the questioning and stories could lead to faith and the unseen. Could a summary of an observation or a stance taken on an issue based off a summary of observations include something having to do with unseen things? It seems so integral to many debates, and yet science, traditionally, doesn't touch it (or at least it is very very controversial to include in a fact-based article). But with no facts, can there be faith?