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Douglas, you didn't present an argument. You presented a number of statements. Here's what you said:

"Does a human being have a body? Of course, is the obvious answer" - This is not an argument, it's a statement. There is nothing here by which you present to support your position that a necessary part of being a human being is possessing a body.

"I consider it a fact, that human beings, actual animals, members of the species, have bodies." This was your next statement. Again, it is an assertion, there is nothing here by which you support this statement. Why is it a fact? Where is the support?

"So the zygote, a single cell with human DNA, cannot itself be a human being. Since it is only one cell, it cannot possibly have any flesh and blood and bone, i.e. a body." Your next statement is going off your previous assertions where you asserted that a human being must have a body. This here is not an argument, it is a statement demonstrating that a zygote cannot be a human being because it does not have a body. The problem is that you have yet to support your assertion that a human being must have a body. This, as you like to say oh so much, is begging the question. You cannot yet say that a zygote is not a human being because it does not have a body when you have yet to support your claim that a human being must have a body.

So again, please actually support your assertion that a human being must possess a body.
 
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Douglas, you didn't present an argument. You presented a number of statements. Here's what you said:
"Does a human being have a body? Of course, is the obvious answer" - This is not an argument, it's a statement. There is nothing here by which you present to support your position that a necessary part of being a human being is possessing a body.

Yah sure, a number of statements wouldn't possibly be an argument?

And then again you take the one opening statement and claim it itself is no argument. As though there were nothing following it. As though it were the only thing I said in the post.
 
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"I consider it a fact, that human beings, actual animals, members of the species, have bodies." This was your next statement. Again, it is an assertion, there is nothing here by which you support this statement. Why is it a fact? Where is the support?

The support follows, including what you quote here following. THE FACT it consists of "only one cell, it cannot possibly have any flesh and blood and bone, i.e. a body." Not plain enough for you?
Do you take exception to that fact?

"So the zygote, a single cell with human DNA, cannot itself be a human being. Since it is only one cell, it cannot possibly have any flesh and blood and bone, i.e. a body."
And, I guess you didn't read post # 20. Try again.
 
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Douglas, please show me what I missed in my previous post from your opening post that would provide support to your assertion.

Yah sure, a number of statements wouldn't possibly be an argument?
You didn't present an argument! You stated the conclusion to your argument TWICE, and then said that the zygote cannot be a human being because they don't have a body. That's not an argument!!!! Seriously, middle schoolers could do a better job!

So again, you created this topic with the question of whether or not human beings must possess a body. Then, in your OP you stated your conclusion twice! There are no premises anywhere in your OP! Try again buddy!
 
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Douglas, please show me what I missed in my previous post from your opening post that would provide support to your assertion.
THE FACT it consists of "only one cell, it cannot possibly have any flesh and blood and bone, i.e. a body." Not plain enough for you?

Do you take exception to that fact?
 
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Oh I certainly agree that a zygote does not have flesh, blood, or bones.

The problem again is that you didn't present premises supporting a conclusion in your OP. You stated your conclusion, back to back, and then said that since that's true, the zygote is not a human being.

You haven't done the legwork to support your assertion yet that a human being must have a body. I'm still waiting for that.
 
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Oh I certainly agree that a zygote does not have flesh, blood, or bones.

The problem again is that you didn't present premises supporting a conclusion in your OP. You stated your conclusion, back to back, and then said that since that's true, the zygote is not a human being.

You haven't done the legwork to support your assertion yet that a human being must have a body. I'm still waiting for that.
Oh, so it's gotta look like a syllogism to satisfy you that it's an argument?

I guess you are arguing for BODY-LESS human beings, having no substance? Such a defamation of humanity!

SUCH A DEFAMATION OF HUMANITY. (To suggest human beings are ever invisible body-less things without any substance.)
 
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Oh, so it's gotta look like a syllogism to satisfy you that it's an argument?
I'm sorry, do you consider stating a conclusion twice without supporting the conclusion to be an argument? Come on, are you 10?
 
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Are you actually going to give us something to discuss? Starting an OP with back to back conclusions and no supporting line of reasoning does not provide any room for discussion. I think we just wasted a few pages here because clearly you're incapable of providing support for your conclusions.
 
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I'm sorry, do you consider stating a conclusion twice without supporting the conclusion to be an argument? Come on, are you 10?
THE FACT it consists of "only one cell, it cannot possibly have any flesh and blood and bone, i.e. a body." Not plain enough for you?

Do you take exception to that fact?
That is one example of a point toward the conclusion that a human being needs a body. And that a zygote could not possibly be one.

DO YOU TAKE EXCEPTION TO THAT FACT?

I.e., do you really think and like to perpetuate the idea there are bodyless human beings?

You say you want something to discuss - discuss that. DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO CLAIM THERE ARE HUMAN BEINGS WITHOUT BODIES?
 
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Douglas Hendrickson said:
Does a human being have a body?
Of course; from the moment of conception until death.
And you have no conception of what a body is?
That a human being body must have flesh and blood and bone.

Perhaps you think there is flesh and blood and bone in the invisible zygote?

At least you get the "of course" correct. Others can't seem to get that far.
 
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Does a human being have a body? Of course, is the obvious answer.

I consider it a fact, that human beings, actual animals, members of the species, have bodies.

So the zygote, a single cell with human DNA, cannot itself be a human being.
Since it is only one cell, it cannot possibly have any flesh and blood and bone, i.e. a body.

The implication is, there cannot possibly be a human being at conception.
(Other than the newly pregnant woman.)


Note this is NOT about any disembodied "soul," not about "souls surviving the body," things like that. It is about real human beings alive on the earth.

IMO, the actual biggest problem with the idea that all life begins immediately at conception is that most conceptions don't result in birth, or even in a pregnancy. About 50% of fertilized eggs don't successfully implant on the uterine wall, and about 50% of those will result in miscarriages, most of them will occur before a pregnancy is even recognized because it occurs before a woman's first missed period. In other words, this would mean that most human beings have never even been born.

That doesn't make abortion morally right or okay, because I still think it's killing the potential for life, however I don't believe that a person is a person immediately from conception.
 
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IMO, the actual biggest problem with the idea that all life begins immediately at conception is that most conceptions don't result in birth, or even in a pregnancy. About 50% of fertilized eggs don't successfully implant on the uterine wall, and about 50% of those will result in miscarriages, most of them will occur before a pregnancy is even recognized because it occurs before a woman's first missed period. In other words, this would mean that most human beings have never even been born.
Correct. (Thanks for the point!)

It also shows how the idea a zygote is a human being is ridiculous.
(That there have been many times more people alive than even the total number of people who have walked or crawled the earth.)

A bit of a correction - there is no "all life begins" that is truthful; There is no beginning of life at conception since the only life that is there comes from the sperm and egg.
 
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So the zygote, a single cell with human DNA, cannot itself be a human being.
Since it is only one cell, it cannot possibly have any flesh and blood and bone, i.e. a body.
That's the most amazing sophomoric nonsense I've heard in months. By definition, a single cell is a body.
 
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About 50% of fertilized eggs don't successfully implant on the uterine wall, and about 50% of those will result in miscarriages
Source?

Also, it might be helpful if Douglas could define what he thinks a "body" is.
 
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Eventually they do, but at their earliest they do not.
Oh so now we have human being animal bodies that are invisible and have no flesh and blood and bones?
RIDICULOUS.

(Unless it is a one-celled organism, which is quite a different sort of animal.)
 
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Does a human being have a body? Of course, is the obvious answer.

I consider it a fact, that human beings, actual animals, members of the species, have bodies.

So the zygote, a single cell with human DNA, cannot itself be a human being.
Since it is only one cell, it cannot possibly have any flesh and blood and bone, i.e. a body.

The implication is, there cannot possibly be a human being at conception.
(Other than the newly pregnant woman.)


Note this is NOT about any disembodied "soul," not about "souls surviving the body," things like that. It is about real human beings alive on the earth.

Biblically

Jeremiah 1

5“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born I consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

"Mans" (used generically) point of view or Gods.

At what stage of development in the womb does one define "body"? It's not about a "body" it's about the beginning of life .... and I am amazed that at the very least, from "mans" point of view that main point is dismissed, when the egg is fertilized life begins ... in the womb. If the life process is interrupted then the outcome is effected.

My self ... I'm sticking with God.

God Bless.
 
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