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Michael Ejercito writes:

Michael> But then what is a fertilized human egg if not human?

It is human, but it is not a human _being_.

No, it is a human being because it "be's" AND it is human.

It is

a potential human being.

No, it is FULLY a human being. NOTHING is lacking in terms of "humanness"
at that point in its development cycle. Thus it is FULLY human.

Just as an acorn is a potential

oak tree.

No, just as an acorn is the early form of an ACTUAL oak tree. The acorn
will NOT turn into a pineapple tree instead. Nor will the fertilized human
egg turn into anything BUT an older human being, UNLESS its human life is
terminated.