Posted on 10/09/2006 7:25:37 PM PDT by Coleus
I will also stand by my claim that to define a human, created "in God's image," merely by physical existence is at the very least materialistic, demeaning to God, and potentially on the slippery slope to atheism. For if a human is defined by physical existence, what need is there to assume the existence of soul?
I'm saying the nervous system is the interface between the person -- the soul -- and the machine -- the body.>>>
Our humanity begins at conception.
THE CODE FOR HUMAN LIFE
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That's the sad and brutal irony of your position.
I will also stand by my claim that to define a human, created "in God's image," merely by physical existence is at the very least materialistic, demeaning to God, and potentially on the slippery slope to atheism.
So stop doing it.
You can't get more embryos than eggs.
"And you have no right to stop someone from having a baby by any means they can if that is their wish."
Does that include killing the mother and ripping her baby from her womb? Cause that will get you a child too.
There are immoral means to having a child.
"So... you mean the state can step in and force an abortion if they decide you shouldn't have a baby?"
Ummm...I don't get the comment. All I am saying is that no one has a right to another human being, that's called slavery and we fought a war over it and the issue has been laid to rest. Parents have a duty to care for their children, which would include protecting them from abortion.
A baby is its own unique person. I don't deserve my children, I don't have a right to them. I have a duty to them. But nothing in me gives me the right to have them. They are a gift, they were never owed to me.
Is it really wise for the Church to be in effect trying to limit the number of Christian babies born, as the civilized world faces a "demographic bomb" in the form of a high Muslim birth rate?
Any means?
Babies are born Christian? Really?
(groans)
in effect
"There are immoral means to having a child"
Uh, killing someone and ripping out a baby isn't "having" a child, it's moralizing hysteria.
Any means of having a child, much as any airplane landing you can walk away from, is a good one.
No, there were no embryos collected in the procedure we undertook, but I doubt the good Archbishop (and others) would have allowed even the relatively minor process we went through. Must Avoid the Slippery Slope, after all...
bump
How about rape? How about murder to harvest an egg or sperm? How about a cloning procedure that killed the donor?
How about getting back onto your thorazine? How couples have children is none of your business.
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