[quote]TigerTime wrote:
[quote]Cortes wrote:
I love it. I wake up to a full new page of responses and STILL not ONE member of the pro-abortion side had even attempted to do anything other than deflect the conversation away from the very simple question I have been asking. Over and over and over and over and over again.
Let me try one more time, though I expect another answer similar to, “Well, you guys have to want life in prison for the mother and the doctor, so there!” Wtf?
One. More. Time.
Exactly when does a conceived human become a human being?
Until this very simple, fundamental question gets answered, NOTHING else we are talking about makes any difference whatsoever. It’s like talking philosophy before defining your terms. We’ll be talking past each other the whole time.
So, pretty please, with a cherry on top, answer the damned question. [/quote]
Sure I’ll take a stab at it. The way I see it, for the entirety of the being’s existence, even before conception, it is “human” in that it contains human genetic material. I wouldn’t personally consider it a sovereign human being until it can survive independent of the womb, however. [/quote]
I actually thought about you when I wrote the question. As much as I disagree with you, you have my respect in that you are one of more logistically consistent posters when it comes to straight moral discussions.
Thanks for answering. I fully agree with your statement that, for the entirety of a being’s existence (note you even said the word “being”) it is “human.” (Not exactly sure about the before conception part, but it is irrelevant to the point).
Now, wouldn’t you agree that a “being” that is “human,” could logically be called a “human being?” I did not mention “sovereign,” and that for a reason. As soon as you talking “sovereign,” you get into territory that allows you to justify infanticide as well as a whole host of other justifications for murder. People in comas are no longer “sovereign,” for example. And newborn infants are in exactly the same position of helplessness as are babies in the last few weeks of pregnancy. Now extrapolate logically from this.
Thanks for having the balls to answer.
Edit: typo