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:''See [[Sexual reproduction]], for a more [[Biology|biological]] perspective of all life.''
[[Humanity|Human]] '''procreation''' includes the process of conceiving and bearing offspring, but is not limited to biological simplicity. Procreation was ordained by God from the very beginning when He created Adam and Eve. After God created them, He blessed them and said, "...Be <u>fruitful</u> and <u>multiply</u>, and <u>fill the earth</u>, and subdue it...".<ref>Genesis 1:28 "God blessed them; and God said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.'" ([[New American Standard Bible|NASB]])</ref>
==Eternal aspects of human procreation==
One of the crucial differences between animal sexual reproduction and human procreation, is that when a new human being is conceived, that child is an eternal being.
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