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Could you provide a link to that? I've searched a few times and discovered that there is no agreement among scientists that life begins at conception, so I'd be interested in seeing where you get your information from.
I think the problem is the different definitions of life. An embryo is alive in a sense, just like a sperm is alive or an egg is alive or one of your skin cells is alive. But that does not equate with life. It just means they are living cells.
Therefore we have to go further and define life either logically or by belief. Logically, all these things, i.e. the embryo, the sperm, the egghave a potential for life but none of them are alive in the sense we are discussing. They only become alive when they are born.
Theologically anyone is of course welcome to believe whatever they wish. But basing the definition on what is unproven itself (a religious definition) is illogical.
That's ok, you can still worship at the alter. LOL. JK.
I heard yesterday a good point. When the baby can live independent fromm the body, that's when it should have human rights. So if you decided at 7 months that you didn't want to have the baby, it is too late because the baby could technically live on it's own, or in an incubator, or whatever.
But if it is 5 months in, the fetus/baby could not live outside the mothers body, so it should be her choice at that point.
So I don't know where the cut off point is, but this sounds fair.
And if the baby is severly retarded, the mother should be able to abort even at the last minute. IMO.
I really hate it when you try to impress me with Karma Sutra.
I did. There is no scientific agreement on when life begins.I was speaking from general knowledge from High School Health class and got the evolution connection from (I think) the book The Demon-Haunted World by the late Carl Sagan. I guess you could google human conception and/or sexuality maybe??
Sure, there is the difference between being alive like a plant and being a sentient being.There is no "alive in a sense" there is only life and inanimate objects. Maybe that is where we are not getting eachother? Science does have, and I think there is great agreement on this, a good understanding of the difference between alive and dead/inanimate.
Actually, I'm pretty sure you can grow a human from a single cell these days. And yes, we are welcome to use logic and not the bible to decide our choices.I don't care about belief, we are all welcome to our own. We are not welcome to our own logic and the bolded above just does not fly. Sperm qua sperm has no potential for personhood. The egg qua egg has no potential for personhood. The embryo qua embryo is the fusion of gametes to produce a new organism of the same species.
No, it was certainly something I was taught in Sunday school, about souls and unborn babies, etc.I agree with you about religious rights but I don't see "life" as a particularly religious definition.
And I'm sure you're okay with killing babies after they're born....
Now if your baby is going to be severly retarded in the last trimester, I say you can get a late term abortion. I'd even be ok if a woman wanted to euthenize the baby after it was born.
Sure, there is the difference between being alive like a plant and being a sentient being.
Okay, my definition of life seems to be different from yours.I think we are having a heated agreement here, lol.
The question "When does life begin?" is answered "At conception.". The question "When is a human embryo sentient?" is something else.
I think we are having a heated agreement here, lol.
The question "When does life begin?" is answered "At conception.". The question "When is a human embryo sentient?" is something else.
No, of course not. But it also doesn't mean I'm am.But that doesn't mean you aren't wrong, dear.
No, you're wrong because you just are.
Hey, girls, you know what a cat fight does for mani.
Okay, my definition of life seems to be different from yours.
dont lie.. you know you are moist like a duncan heinz cake right now.
You mean Mani doesn't own you all ?
Wow he must have paid you well to say that. What did he do? Give you Mrs. Robinson's phone number?
tff! Shogun, your Sharp Tongue more than compensates for your girth like Herculese' Fore Arm.