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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Father Terrence who wrote (13038)	7/25/2001 12:39:49 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

I would pick #1 at conception because that is the first point that you have a human, not just a human cell or cells but a distinct human being. Is it a person at that point? www.dictionary.com defines person as - dictionary.com per·son (pûrsn) n. 1.A living human. Often used in combination: chairperson; spokesperson; salesperson. 2.An individual of specified character: a person of importance. 3.The composite of characteristics that make up an individual personality; the self. 4.The living body of a human: searched the prisoner's person. 5.Physique and general appearance. 6.Law. A human or organization with legal rights and duties. 7.Christianity. Any of the three separate individualities of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, as distinguished from the essence of the Godhead that unites them. 8.Grammar. a.Any of three groups of pronoun forms with corresponding verb inflections that distinguish the speaker (first person), the individual addressed (second person), and the individual or thing spoken of (third person). b.Any of the different forms or inflections expressing these distinctions. 9.A character or role, as in a play; a guise: “Well, in her person, I say I will not have you” (Shakespeare). The unborn do fit definitions 1 and 4. A fetus might fit as having the "Physique and general appearance." of a human if that is what they mean by definition 5. A late term fetus could be said to fit definitions 2 and 3. Defintions 7, 8 and 9 are not relevant. Tim