Lurker,
I incline to the original belief, unrevised by the biological sciences of gestation, that one becomes a human being when the soul enters the body at first breath.
I find it ironic that so many “fundamentalist” abortion opponents do so on the basis of a modernist biological view that either ignores the question of ensoulment or holds to the absurdity that a soul can fuse with an undeveloped zygote.
Neil
Hey Pope Neil,
You are indeed an interesting read. You’ve made my day, I praise God all day long for being raised Catholic.
But I am so glad that there are a few things we agree on, keep thinking, keep discussing, that’s what makes FreeRepublic an addiction for me. God Bless Jim Robinson and every man and woman who contribute to this blog.
Well, you lost me right there. You are clearly not a gestational biological scientist. Since you are untrustworthy on this, then it is necessary to question your definition of a sexual act.
A human being is a human being from the moment of oonception, when the unique discreet DNA is formed. Makes no difference what the human looks like, it is still human, before, during, and after the birth. First breath does not limit humanity, any more than the last breath does.
I fear this is going to be a hugely long thread, with many people flattering you that you make sense. I despair of the forum, if you prevail.