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Quote by: SoccerfreakAB2 Yes, the answer to the overall question of when life begins is not an answer based on mere scientific principle, but instead the opinion and background of the person answering it. |
No the answer is based on scientific principle and very basic biology. It can't rationally be argued with. The basis for every argument that the pro choice side puts up is that at some point in your lifetime you were something other than a human being. How absurd is that?
The problem lies with people who are so dogmatic in thier thinking that they can't accept a simple scientific truth when it is laid out in detail before them if it is in opposition to their ideology. You can call it opinion, or background or whatever you like, but refusal to accept the truth because it doesn't fit one's political ideology describes a particular type of person to me.
My guess is that when you argue evolution with a devout Christian, your opinion and assesment of their dogmatic thinking is roughly the same as my opinion and assesment of the dogma of pro choicers.
The pro choice side of this argument argues from a position of faith. They assume (without any evidence at all) that unborns are something other than humans and can't imagine why everyone doesn't "get it". Just like Christians when they are arguing entirely from a position of faith and can offer not the slightest evidence to support their position.