RE: Atheists, the death penalty and abortion...
March 12, 2013 at 11:15 pm
(This post was last modified: March 12, 2013 at 11:18 pm by genkaus.)
(March 12, 2013 at 7:07 pm)catfish Wrote: Not quite... It's an attempt at rationalizing the killing of the thing.
Perhaps you'd like to explore the definition of parasite? At what point does a human-parasite stop being a parasite?
When it is born.
(March 12, 2013 at 7:07 pm)catfish Wrote: Is a human zygote/fetus a human, or some other species?
Which definition of species are you using here?
(March 12, 2013 at 7:39 pm)catfish Wrote: Then by your defininition, newborn children and comatose patients on lifesupport should also be considered parasites.
Nope. Because they are not biologically being supported by a host.
(March 12, 2013 at 9:15 pm)catfish Wrote: It's still a human, no matter what adjective you attach to it.
You still haven't proven that - simply repeated ad naseum.
