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FRPLG · 05-31-2007, 10:41 PM

Schneed's hitting the right notes for me.

My problem is that I cannot morally distinguish when a fertilized egg becomes a human. Where is that line? Why does that line exist? It would seem to me that any type of defined developmental line of human existence would be completely arbitrary and therefore we as humans shouldn't be making it. The easiest and most logical place to define life as starting is at conception. That is when two things that are nothing in the world, an egg and a sperm, come together to create something that IS something in the world. An organism that can grow to think, breath, love, hate, whatever...

And to me, taking from that organism, that life, the opportunity to exist and flourish is unconscionably wrong.

What drives me nuts about the right is the belief by many that abortion is wrong while supporting the death penalty. To me there is no difference. Humans are choosing to take a life and they have no right to. Humans should not be taking the lives of other humans for any reason.

05-31-2007, 10:41 PM	#62
FRPLG MVP Join Date: May 2004 Age: 47 Posts: 10,164	Re: SGG's What's Your Issue Poll Schneed's hitting the right notes for me. My problem is that I cannot morally distinguish when a fertilized egg becomes a human. Where is that line? Why does that line exist? It would seem to me that any type of defined developmental line of human existence would be completely arbitrary and therefore we as humans shouldn't be making it. The easiest and most logical place to define life as starting is at conception. That is when two things that are nothing in the world, an egg and a sperm, come together to create something that IS something in the world. An organism that can grow to think, breath, love, hate, whatever... And to me, taking from that organism, that life, the opportunity to exist and flourish is unconscionably wrong. What drives me nuts about the right is the belief by many that abortion is wrong while supporting the death penalty. To me there is no difference. Humans are choosing to take a life and they have no right to. Humans should not be taking the lives of other humans for any reason.