Essay talk:The relevance of 'life begins at conception.'

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[edit] Is it true

Your bold assertion that life begins at conception is far from "true" - it's a far more complex question than that. Try reading our article on exactly this. Doxys Midnight Runner (talk) 09:18, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Indeed, it's not that simple. You say: "There are functioning cells from that point on."
Well, yes, but the egg and sperm were functioning cells before conception as well.--Bob"I think you'll find it's more complicated than that." 09:38, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
Update: Expanded on 'Is it true.'— Unsigned, by: Bazer63 / talk / contribs
While thinking about this it occurred to me that we are all dying. We are born, live for a while, and we die. Death is a permanent state which will swallow us all and it is the end of a constant process to which we are all subject.
Whereas conception is the union of two previously living things into another single living thing. So life really can't be said to begin at conception - though, rather curiously, I think I can make a case for "death begins at conception".--Bob"I think you'll find it's more complicated than that." 18:32, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
For some reason this train of thought made me think of Heidegger's "Being-toward-death", in which we are beings that are defined by our living towards death. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heideggerian_terminology#Being-toward-death Nullahnung (talk) 18:47, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
Well that's sort of heavy going!--Bob"I think you'll find it's more complicated than that." 19:04, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
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