Well I don't think all of these questions are stupid, though I would not exactly say the same thing regarding their author.
One might answer them like this:
1. Would you have pregnant women be forced, by law, to bear children they didn't want? Like cattle? Like property?
He claims by implication that merely because the child resides inside its mother and is unwanted, it is not human. It is objectively apparent that he is wrong. The genetic existence of humanity is as mathematical as 0 and 1. The developing human fetus is not a tomato. Once he accepts this plain "in your face" fact, he will be able to answer his own question. It is not moral for stronger humans to murder weaker, more dependant humans simply for the sake of convenience.
2. And then require them to raise these children and be responsible for them for the next 18 years?
Here he claims by implication that merely because the child resides inside its mother and is unwanted, it is not the woman's offspring. Once again, it is objectively apparent that he is wrong. The genetic existence of a woman's offspring is as mathematical as 0 and 1. The developing human fetus is not the offspring of just anyone. It is the offspring of exactly one man and exactly one woman, both of whom are obliged to allow it to continue its course in nature unharmed. It is not moral for parents to murder their offspring simply for the sake of convenience.
3. Is your contention that a fetus owns the mother for the next 18 years as soon as it's conceived?
Here we see he has seized upon the arbitrary figure of "18 years" as a "gospel" figure quite likely because he has not yet learned to think for himself about the facts that lay all around him. He has then projected this self-ignorance upon PROLIFE, apparently thinking Prolife's position necessarily requires one to be as ignorant as he. No one rightly "owns" anyone in nature, but in nature we are obligated to ourselves and to our children by extension - unless one thinks human society ought to be based upon the same social principle employed by sharks, turtles and frogs.
Is a sperm worth 1/2 a fetus?
He essentially is asking if 2 sperm cells = 1 fetus. I have always maintained that those who support the slaughter of innocent children do so because of self-ignorance, but this question makes me think it happens because of mental retardation.
Is an egg?
See above
Is conception a holy event for you?
It is the point in nature where human logic first takes form in matter - becoming human BIOlogic. That may be holy for some. It is human nature for all.
Is the conception of a monkey close to being holy?
It is the point in nature where monkey logic first takes form in matter - becoming monkey BIOlogic. That may be holy for some. It is monkey nature for all.
Closer than the conception of a fish?
It is the point in nature where fish logic first takes form in matter - becoming fish BIOlogic. That may be holy for some. It is fish nature for all.
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