An interesting aside is that when sperm were discovered, it was hypothesized that each sperm carried a complete, miniature person, a "homunculus." The person be

An interesting aside is that when sperm were discovered, it was hypothesized that each sperm carried a complete, miniature person, a "homunculus." The person became a fully formed human life when God attached a pre-existing Soul. The Soul contained those things which separated us from the animals, such as moral and reasoning capacity if male. It was God's intervention that marked the start of life. "Every sperm is sacred."