Ive always thought 49 days after conception is when the life force enters the body thru the pineal gland. 49 days is the first signs of fetal pineal tissue, the differentiation of the gonads into male and female, and how long it takes between the death of an individual and its soul's next rebirth according to Buddhist tradition
2007-06-04 19:50:04 · 18 answers · asked by Psychedelic Enlightenment 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
when the sperm and egg unite.........
2007-06-04 19:55:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Now this is a tricky question. it is obvious that you are referring to new life. If one is not to take a position- like 49 days or at conception etc- then there is still no definition. Part of the problem is that there is not a clear cut definition of what is life, when can we declare that X is a living organism. There have been various working definitions in the recent past but had be be revised as they were found insufficient. ( so sexual reproduction was discarded so was Oxygen as a definer of life, light went the same way, ditto motion etc).
The sperm is alive and s is the egg. The question has only philosophical/religious or legal interpretation-opinions- for answers.
2007-06-05 03:25:23 · answer #2 · answered by The Stainless Steel Rat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Human life begins at conception. Individually, sperm and egg cells have no potential for developing consciousness. At the moment they are joined, that changes. From then on, it becomes increasingly unethical to kill it.
For other types of life, the point when their life begins may be totally different. Computers with artificial intelligence programs will someday become conscious. Some might even say that some of them have a low level of consciousness today. Anyone who says that a conscious computer is not alive is being conceited and naive. For such a mechanical being, the beginning of its life would be the moment it is first turned on after receiving the programming that allowed it to become conscious.
2007-06-05 03:10:59 · answer #3 · answered by scifiguy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well the sperm and egg are acting independently of each other so life is already in existence before conception, when they come together it is just the next phase of the system. Personally if you have the ability to breathe on your own then you are alive
2007-06-05 03:00:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, life begins at conception. This is a scientific fact. By the time a woman knows she's pregnant, the baby already has a heartbeat and brainwaves. He or she is already alive.
I've seen an ultrasound taken at six weeks. The baby was most DEFINITELY a live baby!
2007-06-05 03:06:52 · answer #5 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Life begins at conception. At any stage of development, a foetus is alive. It doesn't become self aware, however, until some time after birth.
2007-06-05 03:02:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
To me, life begins at the moment of conception because even though the "seed" is immature, it is still wholely human.
In otherwords, a carrot seed does not become a radish at a certain point does it? It is always a carrot...even though immature.
2007-06-05 02:56:00 · answer #7 · answered by Poohcat1 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
OMG NO! Life begins at the sperm swimming through to get to the egg which is life already. So life doubly begin when a sperm and an egg meet to form a single cell!
Because as any doctor will tell you, a single cell is alive!
2007-06-05 02:55:56 · answer #8 · answered by korngoddess1027 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It depends on what your sociopolitical beliefs are. Alot of people who believe in evolution say that a bunch of molecules floating around in some genetic soup millions of years ago was life, but alot of the same people say that cells growing in the womb are not life because they're not a "person". Again, it all depends on your sociopolitical agenda.
2007-06-05 03:00:53 · answer #9 · answered by RIFF 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If that be the case then why is a distinct heartbeat after just 10 days?
Life begins at conception.
2007-06-05 02:57:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
i'm s buddhist but i don't even believe in rebirth. so, life just begins with the meeting of a sperm and egg.
2007-06-05 03:01:52 · answer #11 · answered by Ganbatteru 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋