RE: Why I Am Pro-Life
July 29, 2013 at 2:01 pm
(This post was last modified: July 29, 2013 at 2:07 pm by Slave.)
@Rahul: I already addressed your argument in a previous post, but you either missed it or don't care to discuss it with me further. I will dig up my post if you like, or you can look for it yourself, just ask.
@Jesus: How does it contradict exactly? The first sentence says I am not interested in arguments of personhood because it is a philosophical question. The second sentence you bolded says the same thing, worded differently. Can you explain how they are different?
I'll just copy and paste the part where I addressed your finger analogy Rahul, to save confusion, as I did not quote you directly:
@Jesus: How does it contradict exactly? The first sentence says I am not interested in arguments of personhood because it is a philosophical question. The second sentence you bolded says the same thing, worded differently. Can you explain how they are different?
I'll just copy and paste the part where I addressed your finger analogy Rahul, to save confusion, as I did not quote you directly:
Quote:An embryo displays all signs of life. As for reproduction, while an embryo cannot reproduce, it has the genetic coding enabling it to reproduce. It is simply a matter of growth phases. Not all living plants are in a stage whereby they are able to reproduce, but they are still alive, just as an embryo is. It is a human life because it is a human embryo. This is just common sense. The embryo is a single entity, separate from the mother, complete with a full genetic code and human DNA. Therefore it is a human life.
The fingernail argument is lame and fails to take into account genetic determinism. A baby has a heart, lungs, fingernails, eyelashes and a circulatory system. The blastocyst you had none of these things, and yet the blastocyst you is exactly that collection of cells that gave rise to all those specialized parts of the baby that eventually got born. Fingernails do not an embryo make.
