And during the act of copulation, the biological processes of the two engaged will (barring interruption of fertilization by natural occurence or artificial means) progress and be born as a human being.
I'm sorry, but that is what your argument that a cluster of cells with no discernible anatomy, neural activity, or even the semblance of awareness amounts to. You are making an arbitrary decision that a purely biological process must be designated as a 'human being' in exactly the same way that those who make the arbitrary decision that condoms are murder are.
Why don't you just come out and say you believe God thinks it's murder, and stop trying to cloak your arguments in this ridiculous veil of science? Because frankly, the idea that anyone would actually assert that a 15 year old girl raped by her father should be forced to go through months of pregnancy and the further trauma of giving birth (and yes, for that girl, in that circumstance, trauma is exactly the word to use), just because you believe a cell splitting into a couple more cells means suddenly it's a human life? Is disgusting.
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Date: 2008-08-31 03:07 pm (UTC)I'm sorry, but that is what your argument that a cluster of cells with no discernible anatomy, neural activity, or even the semblance of awareness amounts to. You are making an arbitrary decision that a purely biological process must be designated as a 'human being' in exactly the same way that those who make the arbitrary decision that condoms are murder are.
Why don't you just come out and say you believe God thinks it's murder, and stop trying to cloak your arguments in this ridiculous veil of science? Because frankly, the idea that anyone would actually assert that a 15 year old girl raped by her father should be forced to go through months of pregnancy and the further trauma of giving birth (and yes, for that girl, in that circumstance, trauma is exactly the word to use), just because you believe a cell splitting into a couple more cells means suddenly it's a human life? Is disgusting.