There are many arguments regarding abortion both from different faiths and what the law of the land takes to be right. However, all these, are just expressions of peoples opinions and what people think is right. My question seeks for absolute truth and only truth not hypotheses or abstractions of the human mind.
2006-10-04 04:40:19 · 35 answers · asked by TONY 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That's not directly mentioned in the bible but it did say that God knew us before we were in our mother's womb, which tend to suggest our spirit was up there with God waiting to be send down. The actual moment I can't say. Some say its when the fertilised egg start dividing but many eggs & feutus abort naturally, so does that means there is no spirit of a human in it & that why it didn't grow further? One thing is for sure, when the featus can move, kick, affected by music, there's someone real inside.
2006-10-04 04:53:46 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know the answer to this question, but I think the correct answer must take into account the formation of the brain. I don't believe in immortal souls, so I think it is nonsense to say that the baby exists at the moment of conception.
Some here have discussed that once conception has happened, the embryo has all of the potential to be a person. That is of course true, but a potential person is not a person. One way to clarify this is with a thought experiment. Suppose you were at a fertility clinic that caught on fire. You realized you had time to collect some frozen embryos, or to help a woman who had been anesthesized in preparation for implanting an embryo. Which do you do? I think the vast majority of people really do value one real person more than many embryos.
2006-10-04 05:20:59 · answer #2 · answered by Jim L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's obviously a lot of debate about this, so let me try to clear up a few things as best I can.
Firstly, LIFE (not human life, but life in general) started several billion years ago, and has branched out ever since. Both sperm and egg are alive before they join, and so any argument that "life begins at conception" is demonstrably incorrect. You can't mix dead sperm and egg and get a person.
However, at conception they join to form a complete human DNA, distinct from both parents, but the process doesn't end there. Until the beginnings of a spine develop, the cells can divide in such a way as to produce identical twins. So while it may be a unique DNA at conception, it is not necessarily a unique individual.
Finally, the abortion debate spans a number of different sociopolitical, economic, and moral issues. Even if we were all to agree that killing a fetus is wrong, we may still allow it in the same way we allow killing in wartime (for the "greater good"). Further, we all have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness -- but when those rights come at cross-purposes, which one wins out? For example, you can quickly lose your right to liberty for a number of different crimes, and you can lose your right to life if you point a gun at a cop. In abortion, the rights of the mother or pregnant woman are pitted against the rights of the fetus or unborn baby. It's as much a legal issue as it is a moral issue.
Good question though. I would continue to explore the debate, and try to focus on different aspects of it (moral, legal, economic, etc...). Understanding all of them is important to forming a consistent and defendable position (either for or against).
2006-10-04 05:15:13 · answer #3 · answered by Michael 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I reckon, you should be at least 40 before being called a human. Gives you enough time to get the hormones and rage out of your system. We should be called 'white monkeys' before that, and not allowed to use anything sharp or explosive.
The only absolute truth is that life is change. Pure and simple. If you make and are affected by changes, then you live. There are no rights... Rights are a human invention, and are subject to the sway of fashion and opinion.
2006-10-04 06:26:36 · answer #4 · answered by Rich N 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the Bible, a person starts to exist at the moment of conception. We can know this because of the scripture in Exodus 21:22, 23. It specifically says if men fighting hurt a pregnant woman and the child dies, the punishment should be "soul for soul" (or life for life). It does not specify how long the woman has been pregnant or how close to delivery she is. It calls the fetus "children" not cells.
2006-10-04 04:58:23 · answer #5 · answered by Sparkle1 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, we never cease to exist. We are all immortal. So to talk about abortion, There is no right or wrong. If you abort a child, the soul will simply try again either with the same mother or with someone else. Everyone "dies" and goes back to heaven to rest and prepare for their next life. Why does it matter at what age you "die"?! Xx
2006-10-05 05:06:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no answer because it's not a meaningful question. Existence is a continuum. For the purposes of things like the ethics of abortion, you can only make a subjective decision based on what feels right.
2006-10-04 05:40:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Gods eyes the moment of conception. See Psalms 139:16
2006-10-04 05:02:24 · answer #8 · answered by hollymichal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As you stated many people have difference in opinions on what starts life and asking here you will only get opinions. My personal opinion is when the egg starts down my tube to my uterus is when the human person starts to exists; however; the life may be short lived as to be unfertilized- it has no chance of surviving
2006-10-04 04:52:55 · answer #9 · answered by BB 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some people never do!
From the point of view of abortion, life begins at birth. Before that, the embryo/foetus is merely a clump of developing cells in a woman. This seems to be more of a tumour at this stage.
However, you'll get arguments for and against every stage of pregnancy.
Personally, I'd say the person starts to exist when education and training kick in, ie. the child becomes coherent.
2006-10-04 04:45:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋