01-24-2017, 10:13 PM
(01-24-2017, 09:44 PM)bfine32 Wrote: IDK, perhaps I am making the distinction of human life because that is what the thread is about.
To the God part, being as you are determined to bring religion into it: God created man and then woman from that man and then instructed them to procreate.
An answer to the question you continue to ask has been provided. Gametes are alive, but the are not human life until conception. That is the difference and to some a fairly big one.
Why aren't living human gametes human life? Are they human? Yes, they contain human DNA. Are they alive? Yes, you already admitted they are. Do they meet the definition of life? Yes.
You still haven't answered my question. What is the difference between a living single celled human gamete and a living single celled human zygote besides the ploidy? Why is one type of a human cell a human, but another type of human cell not?
If you insist on sticking with a living human gamete isn't human life then explain why a living human haploid cell isn't human life and why a living human diploid cell is.
Remember, people like to ignore the science so don't fall for not that trap. I want an explanation as to why they are different, not a regurgitation of a belief that they just are different.
At the very least you will need to define "human life" so you can explain what doesn't constitute human life. In order to define human life, you must also define life itself. Hollo touched on this earlier which you dismissed offhand, but is central to the debate. We can't say when life begins if we don't define what life is.
