Ivo da C.Souza icsouza at bsnl.in wrote:
The issue is not religion, but science. The
beginning of human life is at the conception, as the
science of Human Embryology has clearly stated
(cf.http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/kisc/kisc_01humanembryology.html):
The above website has nothing to do
From: Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca
Averthanus wrote:
Our fundamental disagreement with the stance (philosophy?) of our good
doctor, is his insistence
on disassociating personhood from human being...
In the hope of sparing everyone here a boring debate, one that will last
for
at least
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:57:18 -0800 (PST)
From: Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca
Abortion is only the proxy for the real issue which is believers
v/s non-believers.
Mario responds:
This makes no sense whatsoever, at least as far as I am concerned for whom
abortion has nothing to do with
This new installment on the above-referenced subject from Shri Averthanus L.
D'Souza appears to be a rambling diatribe meant to deflect attention from the
serious scientific and philosophical points made in my earlier responses. The
use of “we”, “our” and us in this screed makes it appear that
Averthanus wrote:
ABORTION AND PERSONHOOD
Our fundamental disagreement with the stance (philosophy?) of our good
doctor, is his insistence
on disassociating personhood from human being. Our unambiguous position
is that it is precisely
personhood which distinguishes humans from all other
ABORTION AND PERSONHOOD
Averthanus L. D’Souza
The public discussion on the evil of abortion brought to the fore some
important assumptions which underlay the positions taken by some of the
participants. These assumptions need to be addressed because they
determine the conclusions reached by
