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(01-24-2017, 10:13 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: 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. 

It has been answered a number of times and I even provided the the example of the flour and egg. Just because you keep asking a question that doesn't mean it hasn't been answered. Human life is when the 23 chromosomes of the sperm combine with the 23 chromosomes of the egg to create 23 pair that determine everything from hair color, eye color, and sex of the being, in our case from the genus ho-mo (human).

My turn for questions. I know, not fair:

When does this pairing of the 46 chromosomes happen?  

When do you say a human life begins?