| It seems to me that this debate is solved?
We don't know at what time a fertilized egg(cell) becomes aware or self aware or conscious or has a soul inserted like a hard drive.
I wouldn't destroy anything human after fertilization. After meiosis has occurred abortion should be a crime. No one knows when the cell becomes "human."
For the deity based religious types out there (yes I am devoutly religious) When is the soul installed?
Allow me to express myself thustly ....If I were perfect I wouldn't mastur...er ...spill my seed unless it was for procreation. I've not reached that level of divine faith yet. I think that all sperm and egg has a mathematical probability of becoming someone.
I believe in a deterministic universe (or one that is destined and so are all events in the future). So birth control, "fun sex" (recreational lovin'),AND masturbation is wrong! BAD boy! (or girl) that's in my religious word, so? I will just ask for forgiveness. Many times....heh.
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