09-27-2015, 08:38 AM
(09-26-2015, 11:07 PM)GodHatesBengals Wrote: 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.
Your "reasoning" is ludicrous. When there is discussion of "when does life begin" we are talking about a human life, not about a stinking skin cell.
The question is "does human life begin when sperm meets egg?"
I presume human skin cells begin to develop long after that event occurs.
I'm shocked that no pro abortionist has brought up the notion that the fetus is nothing more than a parasite feeding off its host.
Yep, that's been throw out there by the lefties, Google it.
