Showing posts with label Ethics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ethics. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Ethics and Babies...



I ran into this interesting post today when stumbling across the internet. I would simply like to point out the rhetorical argument that is based upon equivocated terms.
Notice first picture. This is not a Chicken? Isn't it? Would this be a Chicken? When does a chicken become a chicken? No one is saying that the fertilized egg is an adult chicken, we're not. Now if the egg is not fertilized then of course it is not a chicken, however if it is, why is it not a chicken?

Now the next picture is of an acorn. Now is an acorn a tree? No, of course not. Better question; is an acorn an oak? By all means. An acorn is an oak but not an "adult" oak.

Okay as to the silk worm, I agree it is not a dress... you got me here. And if left in it's natural habitat it will never be dress. This is simply a red herring meant to obscure the issue.

Now as to the picture of the egg being fertilized, why isn't it a human. Again no one is arguing that a fertilized egg is the same as an adult human, but if an zygote is not a human, is a baby? A teenager? A ninety-five year old man? Or are you holding that only Adults in the prime of life are humans? While a zygote is not an adult it is as human as an adult just as an acorn is just as much of an oak as the tree. Thanks for coming out.

The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. - The Apostle Paul