09-26-2015, 11:07 PM
(09-26-2015, 10:56 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I didn't ask the question, the OP did. I simply channeled my inner Nostradamus and predicted folks would try to muddy the waters.
It becomes philosophical and moral when you ignore science.
Simple minds are the easiest to read.
Yes, the OP asked the question when does life begin. Scientifically, it's easy to determine what's alive and what isn't. The moral question is what living things have any protected rights to continue living.
It becomes a philosophical and moral question not due to "ignoring science", but because whenever anybody seeks to say something is "bad", they are making a moral judgment, not a scientific one. Science does not offer solutions to moral questions. For example, science tells us that an apple on a tree is a living thing; it cannot tell us whether that means it's morally wrong to rip them off and eat them or not.
Pro-choice people aren't ignoring science. They are recognizing that just pointing at something and saying "IT'S ALIVE!!!!" doesn't mean it's wrong to destroy it. If you think otherwise, be careful whenever scratching your arm, lest you accidentally take the innocent life of a harmless living skin cell. Also, make sure you're vegan. And then still yet, make sure you eat only artificial non-plant based products, since those are alive, too.
