reply #96: "You're perfectly entitled to have a religious belief that says an embryo, an unfertilized egg, or an unrequited sperm cell is a human."
I never made any claim that a sperm or egg is a human being because they obviously are not. Your adding of them to your statement implying that I did is disingenuous.
I said it was "opinion - a matter of philosophy, really."
Um, no. Let's go back to reply #96, again. "You're perfectly entitled to have a religious belief"
People's opposition to embryonic stem cell research is rooted in biology and ethics. Ethics and morals are closely related to religion, but they are distinct from religion. So, one does not have to base their opposition to embryonic stem cell research on "religious beliefs."
Billions of people at one time were eggs and sperm.
No they weren't. Before the egg and the sperm met, the human being did not exist. Which is the point I have been trying to make. Human life begins at conception. Ask a biologist if you don't believe me.
Yes. So?
So, the DNA is the human blueprint for an individual human being. That human embryo has all the information that defines it as a unique human being.
Sigh.