Creating a soul

[billy]

By definition, a machine can not have a soul.
New souls are created the old fashioned way, known as sex.

who said? we could be classed as machines? you put energy in, we work, no energy, we stop. all our movements are based on mechanics. the only thing that may not be is our brains and thats not a certainty.

i'm pretty certain that machines in the future will be able to procreate. specially nano bots etc.

i think sj has it right asking "what is a soul" it's hard to say a machine could or could not have one if we can't define it and i mean in a measurable/tangible way.