RE: I am a pro-life atheist
February 24, 2012 at 3:09 pm
(This post was last modified: February 24, 2012 at 3:14 pm by Undeceived.)
(February 24, 2012 at 2:36 pm)reverendjeremiah Wrote: There is no discussion about it. Life clearly exists BEFORE conception. It is life that starts the conception, and it is LIVING sperm and eggs that are the building blocks of conception.
Human sperm is HUMAN sperm. Human eggs are HUMAN eggs. Cytoplasts are HUMAN cytoplasts.
everyone else on the board seems to be content on discussing spooky shit. Its all human, its all life.
Its also the womans womb, and she can do with it as she pleases.
To me it is a no brainer.
So you're saying yes, it's human life, but as long as that life is within your physical confines you can do with it whatever you please? If I put a midget in my stomach would I automatically have supreme power over he/she? You'll say I had the choice to put it there, but so does the woman.
(February 24, 2012 at 1:21 am)Rev. Rye Wrote: Step 1: Why is human life particularly valuable, besides the fact that we are humans ourselves?
Step 2: The best answer one can come up with that makes human beings unique is our ability (or at least potential) to think rationally.
Step 3: A conditio sine qua non for (or inevitable byproduct of) thinking rationally is measurable brain activity in the cortex.
Step 3.5: The end of life is defined with brain death. Why should its start not be defined the same way?
Are you insinuating that we have the right to kill mentally retarded individuals? Who has the right to decide who can think rationally and who can't?
