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Well I guess one question would be how it can have any signs of life if it is not able to use energy through metabolism

I just did some research on conception on Wikipedia, here is a quote: I need some help though. The quote mentions that the blastocyst is an early ball of 100 cells and is then implanted on the wall of the uterus. It then says that there is no genetic change in this period before implantation...

So what you are saying then is that there are no signs of life (eg reproduction of cells) until the egg is implanted on the wall of the uterus?

Because most believe that humans are of a higher existance then other organisms. I certainaly believe this, even though I cannot prove it logically. Does this make me wrong? I don't think so. But neither can I prove that I am right using only the environment around us. I'm not discussing...

Just to clear it up, where are the eggs fertilized then?

This got me thinking. I think the key issue here is that in the first instance she has left herself at risk for the purpose of extra pleasure. In the second she is at risk out of neccesity to pro-create. Like I was saying in earlier posts, the counter for this seed is not to destroy the seed...

Forgive me for my lack of knowledge in this area but I may need some things explained to me. 1) If a foetus from the moment of conception does not have the ability to metabolise, where does it gather energy from to reproduce? 2) I would have assumed that there was growth even from the point of...

Potential when seperated. By saing "once both the egg and sperm are brought together" I simply meant that they are brought into the same context and not literally together. I would suggest that it would be hard to argue that we are not dealing with human life from the point of conception simply...

Saying that you have to keep an abortion is not quite like that but rather saying that you should deal with the injuries from your accident since you knew there was a risk that you could end up hurt if you travelled on roads. It does not mean that you asked for it or even desired it, but...

Notice that in my conclusion that I made I stated that it is logically impossible to define us as anything different or indifferent from other life forms other than the physcial attributes we pertain to. So in other words while I believe that I cannot logically prove that human is any more...

So, what you're asking me is how murder is more imperrmisable then the mother simply dying? Or in other words, why I agree with those 4 statements put forward in the article? If it is I will have to get back to you because I am about to go out for the night, but I thought it was worth while...

I didn't say that she was ultimatley at fault, I said she was partly at fault (or half if sex is agreeable by both partners). Did I miss something? My apologies, I thought you were asking why it was murder not why it was imperrmissble. I actually re-read your post after and I was like duhh...

I might go out for some rollerblading now actually :)

It makes it partly her fault since she was half the cause in forcing the burglar into her house in the first place by choosing to have sex. (Just realising how rediculous analogy would appear if no-one knew what we were talking about ;)) I would have to conlcude then that she is knowingly...

What makes us human is a very interesting issue and one I investigated in an assignment a short while ago. I ended up conlcuding that it is logically impossible to define us as anything different or indifferent from other life forms other than the physcial attributes we pertain to. The...

If we are going to use an example exaggerated in this way we must continue following this logic to the conclusion. If the burglar breaks into a woman’s house even when she has prevented to keep them out she hasn't allowed the burglar so much but hasn't prevented him completely. However the...

Just for the record, creationism doesn't neccesarily discount scientific evidence as you seem to imply that it does.

It seems that it depends on how you demonstrate what life is human. You suggested that even in the early stages, the feotus displays none of the properties that sets humans apart from other species. I would question this however. Just because many physical characteristics are not in place does...

I think that the general assumption made is that human life, or even the possibility of it, is of more value then the other life forms on this planet.

That seems like a pretty harsh conclusion to make. There are many parents who do have children with down syndrome that do not want them to die. As well as this I am sure that many people that have Down's Syndrome do not want to die. It seems to me that none of us are "the best". We are all...