I believe life begins at conception, but how is it proved?

Question

how would you prove life beginning at conception in an arguement. What atributes make a fetus living?

sorry Ray, but what your describing is Realitivism, and realitivism is wrong because ppl cannot make their own truths

Answer 1

i believe that it does too...I would say that the fetus is living at conception, simply because it continues to grow. Something dead or unliving cannot grow.

Answer 2

This is just my educated opinion.....When sperm and egg meet, their chromosomes combine to make the 46 chromosomes that makes up a human being. To me, that means that a human life begins at conception. It has been proven that the heart begins to beat as early as 18 days after conception. We wouldn't rip anyone else to shreds who had a beating heart, why do it to an unborn baby?

Answer 3

You have to define what you mean by life. That's a tricky one, even for the experts! In the definition I am familiar with, an organism is considered "living" if it grows by taking in nourishment from its surroundings (as opposed to crystals and how they grow); if it can heal itself; if it can adapt to its environment; and if it can reproduce. By this definition, I'm not sure a fetus would qualify as being alive - it gets the first two, but the last two ... I'm just not sure.

Answer 4

I think the best argument is: There is no way to tell when exactly life begins, therefore rather than assume it begins later than it does, and risk harming a living thing, we must assume life starts at conception.

Answer 5

i believe the same thing. i mean the cells are alive that split and start forming the baby, if they werent alive, how would they know what to do? a baby's heart doesnt actually start beating until 18 days after conception, but even before that, the cells are very much alive. so i guess its just what you believe in...?

Answer 6

Life begins at birth when a baby is living a breathing like you and i. Don't even say that a fetus can breathe because they can't.
You are entitled to your opinion that life begins at conception but my opinion is that it dosen't. People say that to make people feel bad about having abortions.

Answer 7

The other sided of the answer is, a fertilized egg or very young embryo cannot "live" on it's own. It cannot do the things we require to call something alive, without being in the womb.
There is no black and white answer to this thus there can be no rule or law which answer the question and assumes to tell us what to do with our bodies. It's a personal choice one must make based on their own experience, situation, sense or morals, and available and realistic options.

Answer 8

You've hit upon the very problem. There is not universal consensus on what constitutes life.

I don't want to be cynical, but I seriously doubt that anyone here is going to have "proof." It's been tried before, and all have failed.

It's better to assert your own feelings on the mater, live your life by those beliefs, and leave those alone that disagree with you.

Answer 9

I believe life begins at conception.Obviously cells are dividing,something is growing.But when does it become human?

Answer 10

I would start by asking the question in an appropriate section of Answers, such as Politics or a philosophy section.