To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (65608 ) 2/7/2000 2:16:00 AM From: miraje Read Replies (1) | Respond to
You know, this discussion has nothing to do with Bill Clinton. Sanity, maybe. (LOL) Is there a thread on SI that would be more appropriate? Oh well, since we're here...Then as far as I'm concerned, that qualifies as a point. But here, concerning abortion, I do not speak from mere opinion. I speak from fact. The point at which a distinct human organism begins to send itself forward, participating in the carbon cycle, can be precisely determined. The point at which human life begins is beyond logical dispute. but the fact is, all humans exist, develop and self-promote even before they acquire a brain. All their thinking and feeling is predicated upon their naturally self-promoting essence. Here is where fundamental humanity is found. This is the fundamental nature of man, and it is utterly contradicted by the peculiarly murderous sin known as "abortion." This is why abortion is a sin against nature. Instead you ought to humbly bow down to the Force that mysteriously brings them forth. Again, the earthly fact of the matter is that humans promote themselves as separate entities long before their thoughts come into play. We cannot logically just claim them rocks or cabbages or nothings merely because they have not yet acquired arms, legs and brains. The fact they strive to exist, as we do, and derive their biological identities directly from us, logically compels us to accept them as extensions of ourselves. But the fact is, the striving, self-promoting essence of human organisms exists long before their brains develop. Indeed, it is this very essence that causes brains and feelings and thoughts to arise. I had hoped you would not become distracted by my wording. I feared my attempts to clarify would perhaps have made the thing even more muddled than it was. can worship. (grin) We ought not make cognition the measure of man, for we do it at the peril of millions.
