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You could have just said "no" if you don't have a reason. You're certainly free to reject a definition of a word; I'm happy with the dictionary agreeing with me. I haven't said whether I'm pro-abortion or pro-life. My position or character is irrelevant. Facts and logic are what's important in...

Do you have a reason why the situation does not fit the definition of the word I provided? If the situation fits the definition I provided then I used the word correctly, despite any other definition you provide. It seems to me that even using your definition, an unwanted pregnancy certainly...

Actually, @redleghunter, I've already given you the benefit of the doubt before. You've been nothing but extremely uncharitable and haven't yet addressed the actual points. I'm not wasting my time on conversations that lack genuine effort to understand and be charitable, so I'm not replying to...

Ok, well you're welcome to behave that way if you wish. I prefer conversations with those who are charitable and can speak using clear argumentation with logic though, so bye I guess.

Actually it's a micrograph of a hookworm. Are you seriously making fun of my avatar? Claiming that a parent and offspring are the same organism is certainly an interesting assertion, but I doubt anyone who studies biology will agree with you (myself included).

My stated view is that a woman has the right to decide who is allowed in her body, and to defend her decision. If you think that's strange then you certainly have a strange perspective yourself.

Trolling is rude. Keep it up, will report.

So I take it you don't have any logical arguments about the two clauses in that sentence either.

Actually, misread your post, sorry. I assumed you meant the rational thing: that they are the same species so one can't be parasitic to the other. A developing human in the womb is most certainly a separate individual organism. Either it's two separate humans involved or the developing human...

You're adding words to the definition. A parasitic relationship does not require two different species, just two organisms. A human growing in a womb fits the dictionary definition of "parasite" that I provided exactly. No, aborting a human life in the womb is not akin to a death sentence...

Here's a dictionary definition of "Parasite" for you: "An organism which lives in or on another organism (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other’s expense" http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/parasite

Invasion does not mean military invasion necessarily. I suppose words can be tricky, so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume your mistake was genuine. I don't know enough about Hebrew to know if there are different words, but there are certainly different ideas in the definition...

This is not a tenant and landlord situation. It's a parasitically residing within another person's body scenario. Does a woman not have the right to decide who gets to use her body? Does she not have the right to use lethal force to defend that choice? My argument presupposes that two human...

I gave you a scriptural basis saying that justice is good. People are owed their own bodies. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. I didn't say that an unwanted conception is the same as a military invasion.Trying to put words in each others' mouths is a form of bearing false witness...

Hi David, I agree that these conversations are often unproductive, but you seem to have the right attitude of charity and mutual understanding for it. Having recently been the president of a campus pro-life club I know first-hand how crucial that is. I don't mind you asking specific questions :)...

Ah yes, my mistake. Believe me I wouldn't want to be associated with your attitude either, so I guess everyone wins. Once I figure out how to edit posts. So all killing is an injustice? Even in war/self-defence/etc.? That's awfully against the Old Testament of you to say. I don't see why...

Micah 6:8 (ESV) "He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" Do justice: give people what they are owed, such as consent and the ability to protect themselves). Love kindness: When it's...

You could say, "I have faith in God and it's OK for a woman to decide who does and does not get to be inside her body, and she has a right to protect herself from un-consentual intrusion with lethal force."

Well, I guess the answer is trolling.