The latter part of the post is simply an arbitrary statement. It's true that when the sperm and the egg intermingle their genetics they become genetically independent from both parents, But that doesn't make those cells now the image of God. It's not like something happens that makes those genes more than what they originally were.
Incorrect. All your doing is displaying your complete and total ignorance of basic biology. At fertilization, a new, and unique being comes into existence and begins a roughly 25 year period of development.
Scripture teaches that all human beings are created in the Image of God. You don't find any discrimination in Scripture, yet you insist on being a bigot and discriminating. Why? To what end? What does that accomplish? You can't defend it objectively. You can't support it scientifically or Scripturally.
All humans go through 25 years of development, beginning at fertilization. Yet at no point during our development are we not a human being!
And what you're saying here is basically that a human life is worth more than any other form of life simply because it's what scripture says.
Yes, and as a fellow Christian, I would assume that you would agree that if Scripture declares something, it's true! Perhaps you don't think Scripture is authoritative, in which case we probably should another, more important discussion. But if Scripture declares that human beings are a unique creation of God, and the only creation of God created in His Image, then that's True!
And when we say the word "human", A medical doctor can call an embryo human because it's simple and easy to do. But this is just a word assigned to something arbitrarily to make it easy for us to talk about. It isn't actually anything significant to the discussion. When the egg touches the sperm it doesn't create something that just automatically is more valuable than it was 2 seconds prior.
Again, you're just flat out wrong, and I even provided you with credible resources and support, yet you doubled down on ignorance.
“[All] organisms, however large and complex they might be as full grown, begin life as a single cell. This is true for the human being, for instance, who begins life as a fertilized ovum.”Dr. Morris Krieger “The Human Reproductive System” p 88 (1969) Sterling Pub. Co
“Thus a new cell is formed from the union of a male and a female gamete. [sperm and egg cells] The cell, referred to as the zygote, contains a new combination of genetic material, resulting in an individual different from either parent and from anyone else in the world.” Sally B Olds, et al., Obstetric Nursing (Menlo Park, California: Addison – Wesley publishing, 1980) P 136
No more is there much different about an embryo 2 seconds after the egg meets the sperm. Or even when the genetics of the sperm and egg meet there's nothing significantly different when they meet then they were one second prior to meeting.
Again, you're wrong, and every biological textbook disagrees with you. On what basis are you making these claims? Do you have some education I'm not aware of? Do you have some resources you can cite? Because science and biology totally disagree with you.
“The first cell of a new and unique human life begins existence at the moment of conception (fertilization) when one living sperm from the father joins with one living ovum from the mother. It is in this manner that human life passes from one generation to another. Given the appropriate environment and genetic composition, the single cell subsequently gives rise to trillions of specialized and integrated cells that compose the structures and functions of each individual human body. Every human being alive today and, as far as is known scientifically, every human being that ever existed, began his or her unique existence in this manner, i.e., as one cell. If this first cell or any subsequent configuration of cells perishes, the individual dies, ceasing to exist in matter as a living being. There are no known exceptions to this rule in the field of human biology.” James Bopp, ed., Human Life and Health Care Ethics, vol. 2 (Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1985)
So saying that human life begins when these genes meet really is just an arbitrary way of simplifying the idea of when human life begins, But in a physically real sense it's not really meaningful.
Nope, it's a matter of scientific fact. A new human being comes into existence at fertilization, and begins a roughly 25 year period of development. It's meaningful, factual, and important to the discussion of whether or not abortions are moral or immoral.
So again, this brings us back to two basic, fundamental principles in play:
1. All human beings are created in the Image of God and possess inherent moral worth and value (animals do not).
2. A new human being comes into existence at fertilization.
When we put those two together, we ought to easily be able to say that the 98.5% of abortions performed for convenience reasons are immoral.