No "because God said so" reasons please.
Is it when an egg and sperm meet, because the two cells have the potential to become human?
Is it during a specific stage in development inside his or her mother's womb?
Or is it not until the person begins to think abstractly, have feelings, or other characteristics we define as "human" (even though many other animals share these)?
I believe it is strictly a matter of opinion.
Furthermore, do you think the Christian idea about when this time is should make it a legal matter? If it is purely opinion?
2007-10-10 14:31:19 · 18 answers · asked by khard 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Every cell in the human body has the potential of becoming human. The point where a group of developing cells becomes human is a purely subjective definition. Birth is considered the point where a person is legally considered to become living, yet it is arbitrary in legal considerations. Individuals have been convicted of the murder of an unborn child through their actions yet medical abortions do not fall under that definition in our current society. Each individual has to make up their own mind as to when a developing set of cells becomes human. You are right in saying that it is a matter of opinion but another person's opinion can not be forced on someone else except though the rule of law. The legal definitions still have a large number of gray areas.
2007-10-10 14:42:00 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
An organism is considered human when a sperm and an egg meet, for the simple reason being that the new cell has all the characteristics of normal (adult) human cells. The new cell still has 23 pairs of chromosomes, and the genes all stay the same while the fetus is developing within the mother's womb. The only difference is the size and the number of cells that multiply.
Although a fetus may not be a conscious, thinking being, it is still considered human by any biologist's standards. Now that's where the debate surrounding abortion comes into play...
2007-10-10 14:38:25 · answer #2 · answered by Uliju 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Life begins at conception; I cannot imagine an argument that could be made that a fertilized egg is not human life. Is an amoeba life? The fertilized egg is much more complex and full of potential than an amoeba. When my wife was 7 weeks pregnant in 2005 and miscarried, we had already heard a heartbeat a couple of times, so isn't that a sign of life? I am a christian, and that forms the foundation of my belief on this matter, but I think that it is practically impossible to say that biologically, an unborn fetus/embryo in utero is not life.
The real argument, as I see it, is whether it is okay for an adult to take that life for the sake of convenience, medical necessity or birth control.
2007-10-10 14:40:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is a human as soon as it is, no sooner and no later.
It cannot be when the thought process becomes, because some are born without.
Development has no influence. It cannot.
If that were the criteria, how much development is required as some "develop" faster and better than others.
It is more than an opinion. An opinion is not based with minimal criteria or features. It is what one wants it to be and others to accept.
Therefore a human is human when it is.
Why does time have to be the judge?
Get A Grip
2007-10-10 14:50:10 · answer #4 · answered by Get A Grip 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If one says that fully human DNA is what makes a human, then the placenta and umbilical cord is human. The egg and sperm might also be considered human.
Then again, a fetus is a living being, albeit within the womb.
I believe that you are likely right. It is a matter of opinion. But the opinion is regarding when the termination of the fetus is actually justified.
2007-10-10 14:45:38 · answer #5 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A human is a human when an egg and sperm meet.
This is life, similar to the way a chicken is alive in a fertilized egg, and the way a seed is alive, and the way an acorn is alive.
The nervous system comes later, so there can be no pain until later.
2007-10-10 14:43:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Life begins at Conception and has been proved out in 3-D images in the womb. Scientific evidence futher qualifies an embryo as human in it's DNA. You cannot logically start out as a plant and then turn into an animal or homo sapiens. God recognized Jeremiah in the womb as a viable person, that was worth something Jeremaih 1:4...Proverbs 6:16-20
2007-10-10 14:46:22 · answer #7 · answered by ShadowCat 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
diverse performers have a good presence for various motives. Chuck Billy of testomony isn't elementary to no longer be conscious the guy is like 6 foot 6 and up on point seems even taller. Bruce Dickenson has a presence by way of his exaggerated animations whilst making a track.
2016-11-07 22:58:54 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adam became a human when God put the "breath of life" in him. I'm taking that as meaning when Adam started breathing on his own. I might be wrong but I think God thinks along the same lines for all human fetuses.
2007-10-10 14:54:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe its when the egg and sperm meet..... nothin to do with god. just my own opinion...... and no, it should not be made a legal matter because of the christian ideas on it.
2007-10-10 14:37:26 · answer #10 · answered by BB 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋