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A zygote is a whole organism of the species homo sapiens. By "complete" you seem to mean "fully developed". A human isn't fully developed until age 25. Strange standard you are setting there.
I mean developed enough to breathe on his/her own. The breath of life. God decides who to give it to. That is when a human life has been fully developed.
Sure, you can throw biology out the window and make up your own definition of "life".
This does not address your claim that permission was granted to the unborn before the unborn was conceived.
Cause and effect are not the issue. Permission is the issue, which can't be granted to "someone" who does not exist.
I'm not dodging the question: forum rules prohibit my answering it.
Include scientific evidence on embryology or its just your opinion not based on fact. A single zygote is 100% human. That doesn't change at twinning.
If that were true you would be linking the evidence from the science of embryology. But you don't, because you'd rather make something up to suit your emotional bias.
"Distinct. The unborn has a DNA and body distinct from her mother and father. She develops her own arms, legs, brain, nervous system, heart, and so forth.
If you're a Christian then perhaps study the bible a bit more. Here's 1 example of the unborn being alive in the bible, John the baptist "leaped for joy" in the womb when he heard Mary's voice.
So a zygote can live outside the womb? It's the beginning of life but it must be developed. Do you understand that when a life form has begun forming it must complete it's development in order to breathe the breath of life that God gives to most babies? Do you think a zygote is a viable baby? I think someone else needs to go back to biology class.
Can it breathe? No, it needs the breath of live given by God himself.
Please tell me how the breath of life is given to a fetus that has not been born.
Breathing air is not in any definition of "life" either. As I said, you can ignore biology, but then don't pretend to be scientific.
So God doesn't see the unborn as "alive" in your opinion? What about when he forms us in the womb? Do you think abortion is OK in God's eyes?
No, I don't think it's okay. I am not a woman so it will never be my decision. It's up to women to decide if society will accept lawful abortions or back alley abortions. As a man, it's out of my hands.
"Life is a characteristic of a living organism that distinguishes the latter from a dead organism or a non-living thing, as specifically distinguished by the capacity to grow, metabolize, respond to stimuli, adapt, and reproduce." Dictionary
