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You’re absolutely right that a tumor is not a person, nobody would argue otherwise.A tumor is alive too, and a tumor may have distinct DNA from your own, that doesn't make it a person
Correct, they are both growing, unique human beings.Identical twins have the same DNA, yet they are distinct individual human beings.
Correct, but it is part of it.. A unique set of DNA is NOT the qualifier for what is and what is not a person.
This is a common argument used by the pro-abortion camp to dehumanize human beings. It’s fallacious and fails even the slightest scrutiny.Is a blastocyst in the image of God? a ball of undifferentiated stem cells? With no heart, no brain, no appendages, no eyes?
A human being spends about 25 years developing, and at each stage of development they look precisely (if healthy) like what a human being should at that level of development. A teenager isn’t more of a human being than a toddler because he is closer to full development.
Its nothing short of discrimination to argue against the humanity of a person based upon their level of development.
Yes, and based upon what we known scientifically (see all the cited reference material I provided), as Christians we know that birth control that results in the death of a fertilized egg is immoral.A married woman that is using contraceptives for family planning purposes can have fertilized eggs passing out of her body before implanting as one of the means that she does not get pregnant.
Nope, they are very different. A sperm and an egg are a sperm and an egg and will never be anything more than a sperm and an egg.A fertilized blastocyst is alive in the same way the sperm and the egg, or a tumor were alive, but none of those components is a human being by itself.
I sure am! And once fertilization occurs a new life comes into existence (see cited reference material).Actually, are you aware that each individual sperm and egg do not contain exact copies of your DNA, but rather 23 chromosomes that have been cut and pasted semi randomly together (during meosis "crossing over") from your 46 chromosomes?
a sperm is a sperm, it will never be a human being.By your definition each sperm is a human being. It's alive, has human DNA and is a unique set of instructions.
Well unless you’re going to argue that a human being doesn’t exist until their 25 year developmental period has ended your analogy fails.This is analogous to having blueprints to build a house (the DNA) and the starting construction materials to build a house (the undifferentiated stem cells), but you can't call that a house, because the foundation hasn't been laid yet (implantation). Once you lay the foundation and start putting up structures you can call it a building at least. But the blueprints and cement and lumber by themselves is not a building. If the land deal falls through and they don't let you lay the foundation.. that building does not come to pass, even though you have the blueprints, concrete, and lumber.
Bottom line, you can keep arguing that a fertilized egg isn’t a human being until it is implanted, but the science of biology doesn’t support your assertion. I can quote another dozen textbooks that demonstrate this if necessary. It’s time for you to reevaluate.
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