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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.
"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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