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Since there is no way to prove that there is such a thing as a soul, it becomes a religious or philosophical belief.  As such, there is no way to know just when the soul enters the body. 

I really don't think it happens at conception.  How can a soul inhabit a blob of jelly?  I think that the soul waits until the body is more complete.  Maybe it doesn't happen until birth.  There just is no way to know. 

Personally, I think that the beginning of consciousness and the entry of the soul coincide, that the one most likely causes the other.

But, of course, I can't prove that.