(February 4, 2015 at 7:33 pm)Lek Wrote:(February 4, 2015 at 7:27 pm)Chas Wrote: It would be a living fertilized egg.Why do you believe that since science has never shown that to be true?
Quote:What is 'one reason'? I think you misunderstood Surgenator's answer.
Yeah. Look back and you'll see I edited my reply.
(February 4, 2015 at 7:27 pm)Rhythm Wrote: You conceive of the life force as being non-material because you think that the term "non-material" is a get-out-of-jail free card for absurdity.
It isn't.
btw, the "life force" has a name. Metabolism. Welcome to the 21st century.
I believe it's non-material because science has never demonstrated how life can come about from a non-living source.
You are making an argument from ignorance. Creating a cell from scratch is beyond our current technology.
Why do you think an identical copy of a living cell would not be living?
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
Science is not a subject, but a method.