"Anyway, I have discussed this ad nauseum in the past."
Okay, since you won't answer, I will.
The only difference between a non fertilized egg and one that has been fertilized is that the fertilized one replicates. At some point it splits into two cells, then four, then eight, etc. But even then, it isn't much different than cancer. The difference is that at some point is BECOMES a person..........given the right environment. It still has to take in nutrients or it dies.
A fertilized egg is a potential person.
An unfertilized egg is a potential person.
A 5 year old girl is a potential mother......some day.
All of these things have potential to become people, but none of them actually are people. Not a little girl's body. Not a sperm. Not an egg. And not a fertilized egg.
All you really have is a *feeling* that it's a person, but it isn't. It's a small collection or replicating cells that, given the right conditions, will become a person in a few months. But what feels correct isn't actually correct, but it is understandable. We've evolved to feel a need to protect fetuses. This same feeling, unfortunately, is a close cousin to feeling the need to force women to carry their fetuses to term, which is also related to the catholic church's feeling that contraception shouldn't be used.
Feeling this way makes more babies.
More babies helps the species survive.
Organisms that feel this way outcompete organisms that don't.
But these are all just feelings. In reality a fertilized egg, in its present state, isn't much different than a tumor.
-----------------------------Baron Von Speedypants
-----------------------------RunTraining articles here:
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...runtraining;#1612485
Okay, since you won't answer, I will.
The only difference between a non fertilized egg and one that has been fertilized is that the fertilized one replicates. At some point it splits into two cells, then four, then eight, etc. But even then, it isn't much different than cancer. The difference is that at some point is BECOMES a person..........given the right environment. It still has to take in nutrients or it dies.
A fertilized egg is a potential person.
An unfertilized egg is a potential person.
A 5 year old girl is a potential mother......some day.
All of these things have potential to become people, but none of them actually are people. Not a little girl's body. Not a sperm. Not an egg. And not a fertilized egg.
All you really have is a *feeling* that it's a person, but it isn't. It's a small collection or replicating cells that, given the right conditions, will become a person in a few months. But what feels correct isn't actually correct, but it is understandable. We've evolved to feel a need to protect fetuses. This same feeling, unfortunately, is a close cousin to feeling the need to force women to carry their fetuses to term, which is also related to the catholic church's feeling that contraception shouldn't be used.
Feeling this way makes more babies.
More babies helps the species survive.
Organisms that feel this way outcompete organisms that don't.
But these are all just feelings. In reality a fertilized egg, in its present state, isn't much different than a tumor.
-----------------------------Baron Von Speedypants
-----------------------------RunTraining articles here:
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...runtraining;#1612485