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<blockquote data-quote="TechGrrl" data-source="post: 1029736" data-attributes="member: 4932">As I said, we&#039;re not going to change any opinions with this discussion.&nbsp; There is no argument concerning the DNA.&nbsp; There is room for you and I to disagree whether 8 cells of human DNA should be considered a human being with all the rights and privileges of a fully grown woman.Having spent 12 years at a Jesuit university, let me throw in a theological argument: what differentiates humanity from the animal kingdom is our soul, given to us by God.&nbsp; We have no way of knowing when ensoulment takes place within the womb.&nbsp; Therefore, one person may say, to be safe, assume ensouldment at the moment of conception.&nbsp; Another may say, ensoulment takes place when the fetus become viable to live outside the womb.&nbsp; I ask, why would God ensoul so many people just to throw them away? (that 30% of miscarriages I mentioned above)Let us agree that this is a Faith Mystery that cannot be resolved by logic, and let it go.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TechGrrl, post: 1029736, member: 4932"] As I said, we're not going to change any opinions with this discussion. There is no argument concerning the DNA. There is room for you and I to disagree whether 8 cells of human DNA should be considered a human being with all the rights and privileges of a fully grown woman. Having spent 12 years at a Jesuit university, let me throw in a theological argument: what differentiates humanity from the animal kingdom is our soul, given to us by God. We have no way of knowing when ensoulment takes place within the womb. Therefore, one person may say, to be safe, assume ensouldment at the moment of conception. Another may say, ensoulment takes place when the fetus become viable to live outside the womb. I ask, why would God ensoul so many people just to throw them away? (that 30% of miscarriages I mentioned above) Let us agree that this is a Faith Mystery that cannot be resolved by logic, and let it go. [/QUOTE]

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