[It's only going to become a child after nine months of pregnancy and birth.]
No, it becomes a person right at conception. Think about it. The egg inside the mother will just sit and do nothing if left alone. Nothing changes about it, it doesn't grow, it doesn't develop, etc. The moment it is fertilized something wonderful happens, then the growth, the development and all the other wonders of life start to happen. "Oh, it's just a clump of cells" doesn't work. A clump of cells that isn't alive won't do anything. The fact that the embryo is growing and developing proves it is alive.
Concerning stem cell research, the embryo should not have been taken out in the first place because the moment it was removed that little child was sentenced to death. I think it would be best now to treat them as any other human and give them a proper burial as much as possible.
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... Unicellular beings are also alive. And about as sentient as an embryo. LET US STOP KILLING ALL THOSE BACTERIA. MASSIVE GENOCIDE, etc.
"No, it becomes a person right at conception."No, it becomes a fertilized egg at conception.
"Think about it."
I have. Thanks for the utterly un-necessaey tip, though.
"The egg inside the mother will just sit and do nothing if left alone."
No, it will travel down the Fallopian tube, into the uterus, and, fertilized or not, most eggs do not implant and are passed out of the body.
"Nothing changes about it, it doesn't grow, it doesn't develop, etc."
No, it begins to degrade if not fertilized.
"The moment it is fertilized something wonderful happens,"
Specifically what wonderful thing happens at fertilization, but before any growth occurs?
"then the growth, the development and all the other wonders of life start to happen."
And, this is also the time when "God" imparts so many physical and mental handicaps.
"'Oh, it's just a clump of cells' doesn't work. A clump of cells that isn't alive won't do anything."
No, even a malignant tumor is a clump of living, humans cells.
Also, we had a clump of cells for dinner last night. We called it "roast beef." Though the cells were dead, they did things. They smelled great, tasted great and feed my friends and me.
"The fact that the embryo is growing and developing proves it is alive."
I do not dispute that the fertilized egg is alive. My dog is alive. My Boston fern is alive, kinda, well, barely. My cyst was alive until I had it removed. The fact that something is alive doesn't necessarily mean it's a human being.
"Concerning stem cell research, the embryo should not have been taken out in the first place because the moment it was removed that little child was sentenced to death."
Embryos are not human beings.
"I think it would be best now to treat them as any other human and give them a proper burial as much as possible."
And sentence real, actual living persons to death instead, eh? Stem cell research could save a member of YOUR family someday, you know.
Papabear beat me to it with: "No, even a malignant tumor is a clump of living, humans cells."
This guy doesn´t understand that ALL CELLS by definition are alive. And well, even if his concerns are genouine, hinting that we women are irrelevant in the conception(that´s what it looks like)doesn´t sound very sensible.
What the hell is with the burial thing? I want my organs taken out and the rest of me cremated. I don't understand why anyone cares about the body after death--even Christians who believe in Heaven shouldn't care about the body, right, if all they're gonna be is soul?
Insane I Am says, "I think it would be best now to treat them as any other human and give them a proper burial as much as possible."
Actually, the egg inside the mother will fail to attatch to the uterine wall if left alone and will be expelled from the woman's body during her period.
Concerning stem cell research, the embryo should not have been taken out in the first place because the moment it was removed that little child was sentenced to death.
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