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- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: Re: when does potential life begin?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.132528.2820@brandonu.ca>
- From: mcbeanb@brandonu.ca
- Date: 22 Nov 92 13:25:28 CST
- References: <markts.721887230@mcl>
- Organization: Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
- Lines: 41
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- In article <markts.721887230@mcl>, markts@mcl.ucsb.edu (mark.) writes:
- >
- > lots of talk lately about when life begins.
- > answer: when you are born.
-
- Incorrect!
-
- > when does potential life begin?
-
- The beginning of time, yes?
-
- > are we so proud of our sperm that each is
- > a potential life?
-
- Well, they are, pride or not.
-
- > do millions of would-be souls scream in agony as they race out of my
- > penus and discover that they are in a condom?
-
- Maybe.
-
- > is every egg a potential life?
-
- Yup.
-
- > is pms a mask for guilt that results from not fulfilling
- > that "life"'s potential?
-
- Not as far as I know, but if that's how you feel about it, then what could I
- do about it?
-
- > when is a soul set aside for a life?
-
- I figure souls exist forever, so it's kinda redundant, but that's just me.
-
- > or is life like an overloaded function? can it exist without a soul,
- > but with room for that variable when it needs it.
-
- Sounds cool.
-
- Brian McBean - McBeanB@BrandonU.Ca
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