>>"Life" doesn't "begin", it continues and permutes.
>>Your question is ill-posed.
>Life ends, though. Doesn't that imply a beginning as well?
>Or is this just another semantic argument?
That sounds reasonable. Life *began* a rather long time ago. *Your* physical
life began only dozens of years ago (however old you are, plus about 9 months), to the extent that you are distinct from your ancestors. *Human* life began
at some fairly fuzzy point a rather long time ago--though not as long ago as
life began. This doesn't have too much to do with abortion. Your *emotional*,
*intellectual*, *individual* life began dozens of years ago, probably several
months after you were born (possibly later). This *does* have to do with
abortion--for some people; others ignore the trait of sentience and care only
about the genetic biological fact that a human child is (gee, what else!)
human. (Some also believe sentience occurs earlier or put value in a "soul"
that enters at conception.)
You could also notice that life on this planet hasn't ever ended, and will
hopefully *not* in the forseeable future.
> Kurt E. Ludwick
[A cute phrase about progress being the opposite of congress deleted.]
[How about this: If digress is the opposite of congress, why does Congress]
