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Originally Posted by filtherton
Metabolic processes and cellular division aren't senses. On a prioritized list of all the things "meaningful" about being a human, metabolic process come in pretty far down the list unless perhaps you happen to be a biologist.
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Except that you didn't say 'human', you said 'alive'. Changing the question is one way to render an answer false, I guess, but I can't say I'm too impressed by it.
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One definition of viable: "Capable of living outside the uterus. Used of a fetus or newborn." Let me interpret what i said for you: I think that it is okay to terminate a pregnancy when the fetus isn't viable. That's it. That's where i draw the line. If you want to keep playing the "but why" game that's fine.
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Glad it's fine. So, "but why"?
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Eventually we'll get to a point where i say, "just because" because when you clear away all the rationalizations, "just because" is the basis for all philosophical reasoning. Somewhere deep down "just because" is the basis for every conviction you subscribe to.
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*shrug* I'm not sure I disagree with that, but we can still argue for the purpose of clarity.
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I was asking you your opinion on why abortion is wrong.
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Funny way of doing so. It's wrong because it's the insufficiently justified taking of a human life. And by the way, you can ask me questions about that if you desire. I don't mind.