Interesting info. thanks for that, I'm not disagreering or agreeing with you, but I can't wait to read the replys, 'get ready'.
When does life begin?
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Is that 3 months from conception or birth? It is my understanding that this is only a mean time line, that some entities may vary depending on if they are in a hurry or not to be born. I don't think we can generalize on such matters, because, let's face it, it is still just speculation and not a commonly held belief that we have an astral body. Although I am well versed in metaphysical matters, we also have to take into account that we co-create reality with a majority of people who do not believe in metaphysical matters or even are aware of them.
Which is what the OP asked. I don't understand why some feel a need to steer the debate to when it becomes a human.
Quite so and the poll does not give the option that I support, we don't know when life begins.
"Quite so and the poll does not give the option that I support, we don't know when life begins."
The Royal We died back in 1901.
The Royal We died back in 1901.
yes, but the egg and sperm are alive before they join as well, but that is not 'life'. I'm not
argueing your point, because it is an interesting one, and don't actually know the answer, if there
is actually an answer, maybe it's just what we want it to be.
Just what I have been saying all along, there is no answer. we don't know when life begins. But according to our biases and prejudices, we come up with an answer (and the more narrow minded insist that everybody must accept the same answer).
"We"? Speak for yourself. You mean you haven't a clue when life begins.
I think eggs and sperm are like viruses; stuck between life and non-life. Viruses can only reproduce under the condition that they are in a host cell. Sperm and eggs are cells but of their own volition cannot reproduce. So basically, genetic science is saying that life is self-replicating under normal circumstance independent of other life.
Like I said, speak for yourself, twit. You sure don't speak for science or me.
If science wants to describe and label this pre-life at some point, that's fine, but it is irrelevant to what life is described as nowadays.
Amongst a lot of other things..........................:lol::lol::lol: I love it when someone saves me the trouble of telling others what I do or don't know. :lol::lol::lol:
Quite so, life begins at conception is a religious belief, nothing more. It is no wonder that those who believe so want to force their narrow, bigoted religious beliefs on the rest of the society. Religious fanatics 'know' that life begins at conception (but then they know everything, their God tells them).
Well, they have their work cut out for them. They may possibly convince Americans that life begins at conception (as I said, anything is possible in USA), but i think Canadians are too smart to fall for the religious superstition of the bigoted few.
I don't really see much point in this discussion. There's two definitions of life, one for the scientists and other technical people and one for the rest of us. If you poke a guy in the ribs and he flinches we know he's alive and for 99% of the population that is good enough. We can recognize live animals and other living life forms. Why not let it go at that? It doesn't really matter whether a virus is "alive" or not, regardless they do damage. :smile:
Is an unfertilized chicken's egg "alive"? Or is it in a prelife state showing some signs of life?
Air moves. Is it alive?
I can accept that as your opinion, but I do not have to agree with it.
I just had rouladen for lunch.
I can accept that as your opinion, but I do not have to agree with it.
I just had rouladen for lunch.
lol ..
I can accept that as your opinion, but I do not have to agree with it.
I just had rouladen for lunch.
Is that as good as head cheese? :smile:
When does life end?
Surely I have the right to chop off my own hand, or something more extreme like killing myself.
When a bullet enters one's brain, surely the human is dead, but the body is not yet dead. The cells live on.
If I chop off my hand, I kill a few cells where I made the cut, but the hand does not die right away.
If I remove some cells from my body, I do not necessarily kill them. If they die because they lack the ability to nourish themselves without me, than they were merely a part of me.
When does life end?
Surely I have the right to chop off my own hand, or something more extreme like killing myself.
When a bullet enters one's brain, surely the human is dead, but the body is not yet dead. The cells live on.
If I chop off my hand, I kill a few cells where I made the cut, but the hand does not die right away.
If I remove some cells from my body, I do not necessarily kill them. If they die because they lack the ability to nourish themselves without me, than they were merely a part of me.
When does life end?