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Each society makes these decisions in their own way - for example, in a democracy, lets assume, its the people who would decide, right?
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If it is made illegal, then that means abortion is wrong. Correct?
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To begin with, if it were proven to me that life did not begin at conception, I would be 100% pro-choice. However, I know that life does begin at conception.
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So what? Every cell in my hand is life. Why dont they each get rights also? Your logic makes no sense.
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As for zygotes, they don't have brains, but neither do insects, and insects unquestionably have a consciousness.
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Insects do have brains. No matter how small they might be. Zygotes do not have brains or even a nervous system.
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As long as something is genetically distinct, alive and part of the animal kingdom, it has a consciousness.
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Who told you that? You honestly believe that bacteria and trees have consciousness? huh?
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As long as it is human, it is a person.
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Is every individual sperm also human? Every egg?
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I cannot escape that, and I cannot support killing any person (except in self-defense). It has nothing to do with religion.
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It does if you cant define it. So far you are either unwilling or unable to define it.
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In the same way, I am certain that a newborn baby and a zygote each have a fundamentally different consciousness.
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How did you come to that conclusion if not faith? Do you understand what "consciousness" means?
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con·scious·ness ( P ) Pronunciation Key (knshs-ns) n.
1. The state or condition of being conscious.
2. A sense of one's personal or collective identity, including the attitudes, beliefs, and sensitivities held by or considered characteristic of an individual or group: Love of freedom runs deep in the national consciousness.
3. Special awareness or sensitivity: class consciousness; race consciousness.
4. Alertness to or concern for a particular issue or situation: a movement aimed at raising the general public's consciousness of social injustice.
In psychoanalysis, the conscious.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=consciousness
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Please explain how a zygote could posess that without a brain.
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The level of consciousness doesn't matter. The existence of consciousness does.
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I agree. Prove that it exists in a zygote.
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I just blasted right-wing sites for a lie about gay marriage in another thread, for example. There are no gray areas on this issue, though.
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There you go again...we dont
care about your credentials on gay marriage. Whether you are for gay marriage or against it does not matter one bit when it comes to this issue.
Your resumes just take up space and serve no purpose. Stop trying to apologize for your position and just explain it.