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[Marvel Comics/Xmen] Are the original Xmen dead?

So a central conceit of the House of X/Powers of X storyline is how Professor X is using “the five” (Hope Summers, Egg, Proteus, Elixir, Tempus) to revive any mutant when they are killed in some way. They essentially do this by mixing that mutant’s DNA with these big yellow eggs, that then hatch and spawn the dead mutant in question good as new.

According to Wikipedia, the five have done this to at least Cyclops, Jean Grey, Wolverine, Angel, Nightcrawler, Mystique, and M, though probably to many more as well.

The comic seems to regard this as actual resurrection, like the five are truly bringing mutants back from the dead. My question is, isn’t this just cloning though? Like aren’t the original Cyclops and Jean Grey still dead? It’s not like they retrieved their souls or anything, they just made copies of them. In other words, from this point on in Marvel comics, will we only be following clones of the original Xmen (because as far as I can see the writers don’t appear to recognize this as an issue), or is there a plot element that makes them the “real” versions of these characters?
gpt
Don't get into souls and clones.  Ben Riley (Peter Parker's clone) apparently has a soul. He has died and been recloned dozens of times and this has has an impact on his "soul" 

How does a clone have a soul? How is it the same soul over and over again if it's still clones???

Also what about Multiple Man. His "original" died and it's one of his dupes that's alive, what kinda soul does he have?