(November 4, 2016 at 10:18 am)Faith No More Wrote:(November 4, 2016 at 10:15 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: It's not even so much a "faith" thing as it is a science thing. I was NEVER a different species of animal, and there's no such thing as half human, part human, or whole human. Human is human. I was always me and I was always human. Even for the very very brief time that I only consisted of one cell. It isn't the number of cells that makes someone human or not. It's the type of cells. It's the DNA that's in there. There is no arbitrary number we reach in regards to cells in our body where all of the sudden we "become" a "whole human" vs a part human or whatever that is.
So, by that logic, when my wife and I donated the leftover embryos for research after we went through IVF, we were handing over human beings to be experimented on and discarded. Do we deserve to go to jail for that?
...And that is why I am ethically opposed to IVF. Because that's a human life. Whether or not you go to jail depends on the law. It's legal, so no. I doubt you would have done that if it was an illegal thing to do.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
