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I have my doubts that medical publications universality define a fertilized egg as a full human being. The article you linked earlier even complains about other scientists yang the term "fertilized egg" rather than human being - so obviously the naming is not entirely agreed upon. But be that...

I don't follow you here. What do you mean by 'attributes' . I could say that superman has the attribute of super - strength. But I assume that is not the kind of attribute you are thinking of, is it? I entirely agree with the op, by the way

Honestly I don't know if a human being in a coma would still classify as a person. It doesn't really matter though, because of the following consideration: if you ask any waking human being if it would be OK to be killed if they enter into a comatose state for a time, they would certainly say...

True, but by then we already have a metabolism, a human physique and some Brain activity. There is at least the possibility that we are in since sense 'someone'. It is true that we can't pinpoint any specific time when a fetus /baby becomes ' someone, probably because there is no such special...

You do realize though, that the DNA by itself is basically inert though, so you? It is just a blueprint to create other specific proteins. I guess I just don't understand the way you think about DNA or 'human'. To me your line of reasoning is like saying a recipe for a cake is already a...

When you think of a 'human being ', do you actually envision a certain kind of DNA configuration?

It is a requirement for a human being, but it is not sufficient.

Human DNA is not the same as a human being. At most you can see it as a recipe to create a human. It doesn't even contain all information required to create a human, a lot of that comes from the environment in the womb.

No, none of us would want to live in a society where it would be permissible to be killed in your sleep, because we would like to expect to wake up again. If, for a neonate, any consciousness only begins with birth, this is a completely different scenario. In my views, all arguments concerning...

I just wanted to comment on this statement, because I find it misleading. At around 5 weeks the brain and spinal cord start to form as separate structures, and neurons also start being created at around this time (4th week actually I believe). However, the neurons at this stage lack any...

Are you implying that we should accept more Muslim refugees because there is a lot of terror and persecution happening in their countries, or that we should not accept them because they are all potential terrorists? I think I know what Jesus of Nazareth would have done

I would say that a creators relationship with its creation is governed by a responsibility towards creation, rather than having absolute rights over creation. If course this assumes my understanding of morality is of any relevance to the question. If you assume that the creator is beyond any...

I think you misunderstand. The 'cosmic egg' isn't something that exists before or outside of time, but rather is the universe at the beginning of time (t=0). I don't understand why you interpret t=0 to be before time; t=0 is the beginning of time, before any time has passed, but still within...

this sentence fun the article should make it clear that this is a hoax, meant to expose the dangers of that court decision.

no. cause and effect is merely a property of the macroscopic universe as we observe it. Towards quantum scales it deteriorates towards mere probabilities of possible outcomes. or can you explain to me what causes one particle to tunnel through an energy barrier while others are deflected? you...

shouldn't "highlander" be in that list? that would me my favorite. actually the book "the neverending story" is one of my absolute favorite books. however I don't think the movie did it justice (although by comparison with its successors, the first one want so bad after all).

Just to note: Ephebophilia (and parthenophila, although that distinction doesn't seem to exist in English usage) isn't a sexual disorder or even abnormality. In fact I'd wager that the vast majority of heterosexual males are sexually attracted to girls 15-18. It's probably less common the for...

then the world would be like it was before man invented tools

I say, a fetus is not a human being within a moral our social context. Certainly not until it gains some sort if consciousness. It may be a human being biologically, but biology is irrelevant for any moral considerations. otherwise you'd have to explain why plans or bacteria don't enjoy the same...

remember that according to both Craig and the rest of your post, "always" is finite (at last in the past). time is a property if the physical universe. for some reason Craig seems to argue for and against a past-infinite time at once.