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To: TigerPaw who wrote (337)6/10/2008 11:08:29 PM
From: Oeconomicus  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 3816
 
Wow. This is some theory you've worked out. Am I understanding you right? One's existence, individually, does not constitute a "life", but rather just another phase in a complex series of phases beginning with the first living cell? We all, together, constitute nothing more than a single, continuing, life?

S#!t! That's bad news for individualism. But great news for the collectivists. Imagine. No more qualms about the morality of depriving anyone of their individual rights - hell, even their lives. Just say it's in the interest of the One living thing and they can justify doing whatever to whomever they please, as if they were dealing with nothing more than a toenail or a funny hair growing out of its ear.

Man, you've taken Rousseau's "general will" to a new level. Organic collectivism.



To: TigerPaw who wrote (337)6/10/2008 11:21:29 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 3816
 
That would mean the sperm and egg were dead.

It would mean nothing of the sort.

I didn't say life arose from non life. Life arises from life. But its a new life form that is created at that moment. Life was not created, it already existed, but that specific life form was created.


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