It's still human life, albeit a hugely deformed human.

Whether an entity is human life is not determined by whether it has a head or consciousness.

Then that's pretty useless to any discussion. Being "human life" doesn't mean it can't be aborted, or has any rights, or has any future potential, etc. etc.

Those are all separate discussions.

The discussion at hand is "when does human life begin?" which has a very simple, physically proven, answer.

This post was edited by El1te on May 22 2023 02:47pm

If we are going to define when human life begins, it should be in the context of a discussion where that is an important factor. Such as how "motor vehicle" is defined dozens of times in the legal code depending on which law you are talking about.

There is no such thing as an objective definition, they are all context-dependent.

This is false, ALL of physical science is based on objective definitions. What you said is an idea of Marxism, which is in the dustbin of history for good reason.

It *is* an important factor in the context of this discussion. Now kindly answer when you think human life begins instead of weaseling out again.

Tell me you've never done research without telling me you've never done research.

You always define your important terms within the paper. It's why introductions are a thing in research, so you can reference what you're talking about and define terms.

You said that definitions aren't set in stone and can vary depending on the context. I sort of agree with this, however for most of the time, if you ask any regular person, they usually can agree on a pretty similar definition. For example, if you ask them about the definition of human life, I am pretty sure you won't get an answer such as, " a human is an entity that has feline DNA".

Op could clarify the question so that people in this thread won't have to debate semantics of terms.

It's always hilarious when words are used and people extrapolate their own meanings out if them.

You could write a question about origins of life and 120 pages later be discussing who is more powerful Spiderman or Batman.

No the discussion at hand is when does it happen biblically and how do christians justify their contradictory stance on this issue, genesis states life starts at first breath when the soul inhabits the body.

This post was edited by Plaguefear on May 22 2023 09:31pm