yes it has a tail. and for a time, it has gills. the development of the fetus mirrors evolution. the fetus passes thru the morphology of every ancestor back to the first bacterium. that's why people who already KNEW THIS are all shaking our heads every time some pro-life fuckwit says a fertilized egg is a human being.
>Slick Willy, 40th President of the United States and perpetual cheater, will be lucky to make it through the end of the week.
state funeral. distraction. low on ammo.
>Does your mental model of reality include the notion of a soul?
of course. but i don't ASSUME a soul is created by the mechanical event of fertilization, based upon some kindergarden comprehension of genetics. also, nowhere in the bible does it say that fertilization creates a soul. so…. exactly WHO ARE YOU to pontificate the the rest of the world?
ah… the POINT of the discussion was NEATLY sidestepped. so there are souls about. so you and i have one. WE are NOT newly fertilized eggs. you reply has NOTHING to do with the premise that a soul is created at the moment of fertilization. TRUTH is, neither of us can say for certain at what point during a pregnancy a soul arrives to inhabit the unborn. but i can't expect a brainwashed dogma spewing fuckwit to understand, or to overcome their cognative dissonance when confronted with contradictory FACTS.
>Then would not caution and prudence be preferable to man declaring to God the point in pregnancy in which abortion becomes murder?
declaring that a soul is created at the moment of fertilization and banning all abortions unconditionally is HARDLY prudence. it's the exact mirror EXTREMEISM as those who say abortion is ok up until the moment of childbirth.
since your ignorance of biology has been exposed by your posts, did you know that an egg or even multiple eggs are fertilized every time a couple has coitus? every time. but a pregnancy can only occur during the 3 day of the month (10% of the time) that the female's uterus is receptive to the fertilized egg, allowing it to attach to the uterine wall and initiate a pregnancy. the OTHER 90% of fertilized eggs are flushed from the woman's body during menses. if they all have a soul, God apparently does not share your sanctimonious regard for either fertilized eggs OR souls. or maybe it's a good indication that souls are NOT created by the union of a sperm and an egg. PRUDENCE would argue against a law based on YOUR flawed interpretation of preacher-babble, a law that is SURE to be disobeyed, and therefore serve ONLY to drive abortions underground, in back alleys, with dirty coathangers, where both fertilized egg AND fully formed human WITH A SOUL are lost. now tell me more about prudence?