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

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.'
 * 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)