----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 1:59 PM Subject: Re: Federal Marriage Amendment
> John said: > > > I stated plainly and simply that I believe that human life begins at > > conception. > > Give that somewhere between 50% and 80% of conceptions end in natural > spontaneous abortions, that you think that human life begins at > conception, and that you think ending a human life is wrong, do you > also think that attempting to have children is a morally dubious > position? After all, it's something that's between 50% and 80% likely > to result in the end of a human life within the next nine months. I > certainly think that I'd find that performing any action on an adult > that had a 50% chance of killing that adult within a year would be > extremely immoral in most circumstances (but I also don't think that > embryos are equivalent to foetuses, which aren't equivalent to > children). By that logic, its wrong to ever have children because they have a 100% chance of dying, even if you could guarantee the first 9 months.. ;-) I think the morality of performing actions that have a 50% chance of killing someone depends on the alternatives one has. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
