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Quote by: Prometheus Since you haven't read this outrageously long thread, you don't know this, but the last 10 or so pages are a debate between me and Pale Rider on exactly that - the ambiguity of "life" and "humanity".
I have been saying for ages that birth and conception are basically arbitrary events.
If you want a quick look at where we are at, read my initial post #1299 and PR's rebuttal #1300. The debate gradually degrades by #1343. |
As I have already stated, conception is not an arbitrary time to say that a new human life has begun. Any time but conception must arbitrary as you would not be able to adequately explain why you chose that time and not 5 minutes earlier or 5 minutes later.
We do not become more human or more alive by virtue of the time that passes from our conception. If that were true, adults would be considered more human than children. We know that this is not the case.