Whatever the world may believe is irrelevant; scientists who have studied this issue nearly unanimously have come to the clusion that at conception, what we do indeed have is an individual human being.
Why ask Christ a question natural science has already answered?
Do you expect to ask Christ if string theory is true when He returns? Or if there’s a quantum theory of gravity?The term “human being” as you use it here has no actual meaning beyond what you personally choose to give it. A fetus is a human life; there is no scientific debate about that point. You have intuited that a human life is not always a “human being”, basing your opinion apparently on when that life receives a soul, a characteristic you can prove neither when it exists nor even that it exists.
As far as I know, the theology is the same as the biology. It just simply is the truth. It is being bared out in every field.
Sorry, this is unacceptable. You presented no evidence that science textbooks that show the human life begins at conception are wrong. At this point, I declare your position be one of wishful thinking, void of any rationality, base only on feelings.
Check any biology text for the evidence. Why hurt an innocent in the process?
Ohhhhhh no no no.
I am not sure why non-religious pro-life people are any different - regardless of reason for the beliefs, if everyone minds their own business and just let government enforce the laws, we will all be just fine.
Ummm, no – just discussing what is moral behaviour and what is not.
Of course, nothing wrong with discussion - even heated discussion. And absolutely nothing wrong with having differences of opinion (I don’t even mind being called ‘barbaric’ by some ‘moral’, ‘intellectual’ person - it just reflects on them)
It will also be a revelation for those who kill their offspring hoping they are not killing a human being.
It is not a hope, it is a conviction. In either case we don’t have long to wait to find out for sure - the Christ will be here in less than two years. But for those who think they can persecute people and be rewarded for it, it will be a shock that they never saw coming. It will be no different than in the middle ages when people thought persecuting heretics was “God’s work”, but this test is far more subtle.
Actually, it’s a guess, a gamble. A position held with no basis.
That is exactly what I mean - the test is too subtle for even reasonably intelligent people. It is test of compassion over self righteousness, where the apparently guilty person’s actions seem too indefensible to resist condemnation.
One can have compassion for the one who struggles, and can offer assistance and a hand-up. But in doing this, we don’t pretend that it’s OK to kill our offspring. Mercy does not demand we sanction any course of action. It demands our love and assistance. And perhaps our forgiveness.
The ones who are really hurting women are the ones telling them to go out and have fun, drink, dance, have sex with multiple persons (no matter what orientation) and IF there is a pregnancy, don’t worry–you can get rid of it and not take responsibility…
I know this is hard for a Hindu to grasp but we already know what Jesus says about this. He did not leave us on our own when he ascended to heaven-he left us his Church to guide us.
How does one know that he or she is self-righteous? When one is infallibly convinced that they are right in their convictions, when in fact they are wrong. One is locked in an erroneous conviction. It is intellectual blindness, a spiritual condition based on a deep hidden fault in ones soul, and only God can heal this blindness. this condition is unknown to the one who is affected. It is a great source of division. How do we know one has an erroneous conviction? The testimony of the facts, the evidence of the truth, the objectivity of empirical evidence or science, the honest testimony of others. A humble person always or should always, even if he or she in convinced of a truth that is in question, that there is a possibility he or she might be wrong. St,Paul, fell into this trap, until Jesus revealed Himself as the God of Abraham, the I Am, and the God of Christians. Then remorse set in when he realized the harm he had done in approving the death of St. Steven, the first martyr of the Faith
‘Part of the human family’ does not mean a human being. Now it is science that is supporting your cause? A few scientists can always be found to support your theories. A majority of scientists/doctors have no issue with abortion in the initial months of pregnancy.
Nobody is telling women to do that - you can try to find a link where somebody is saying that - we won’t find it.