Re: Terrorist High-Five

Edward M. Kennedy wrote:
"rich hammett" <bubbarichau@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in

Don't tell me you've become a DNA worshipper, too, cuz
that's all you've got.
It's not all I've got, but it is irrefutable.
No, it's not, if you know any actual biology.
I have the genes from that egg and sperm, irrelelvant arguments
about gene expression aside.
You are caught up in the idea of DNA being like a computer
program, you just need to run it on the computer. That's
not how the chemistry works. The human being coming out of
DNA is created by the entire process of development from
zygote on. Your argument means that you could abort one
identical twin with no loss - they're the same human.

Maybe you missed the part about gene expression. Fact of the
matter is that I still have the genes from the egg and sperm. That
develpment is complicated is irrelevant.

True or false -- a new organism is created when an egg
is fertilized. It's a simple question.
False.
Well we can put you in the kook bin for having absolutely
no clue about biology.
That's a good way to say that you like vagueness and you
can't get any more specific and realize where you're wrong.
If you don't think there's a new organism created when an
egg is fertized, well what can I say.
You can certainly not define your terms any more, since that
would show you how you're wrong.

My life began at conception = a new organism was created
when an egg was fertilized.

And if you were one of two identical twins? Then when would your life have begun?
.

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