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Originally Posted by Bababooyee
Well, I am arguing that a zygote is a human life with potential. IOW, it is a human at a specific stage of normal human development. Just as, for example, a toddler is a human at a specific stage of development and has the potential to develop into the next stage (eg an adolecent-->teen-->adult-->senior citizen) under certain (and generally "normal") circumstances. This is manifestly different than a "potential life". IOW, a zygote is a human being (with potential to develop into the next stage) and bacteria is bacteria (not a human at all).
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ok, i understand that argument perfectly now. this, however, illustrates that from the get-go we are not even approaching this from the same place -- so the discussion was at a standstill from the very first post.
i don't believe that a zygote is a human at a specific stage, and i don't think that the comparison to toddler-stage humans really works. though i DO see how this argument can be made and why it is compelling.
i just don't believe that to be true. it's the age old question of when it becomes a human being. i can't give you an exact answer, but i tend to gravitate towards when it can survive outside of the mother's womb.
glad it took me over an hour to understand you, killed some great time at work
