[Yorick]

Originally posted by Jerr Conner: I'd say what defines a human is when brain activity begins.

And what about humans with no brain activity? Do they become another species?
Of course not.
Tell me, if a zygot is not classified under "human" what is it classified under? Fish? Larvae are still insects, they are just in the larvae PHASE. a zygot is a human in it's larva phase. Given TIME and CIRCUMSTANCE it will grow into a human just like any other. Whether it dies in the womb, at age 5 at age 25, at age 75 or 115 it remains human, defined by it's POTENTIAL, not by it's actuality, it's appearance, or it's bodily functions.

Of course I don't know when that is.

Which is why your definition is erroneous. There is no clear line of yes/no. Too much grey. With mine it is clear. No confusion. Life starts = human. No "six week" confusion. No brain activity confusion. You know because you set a clear and determined boundary.

If it were as simple as "inside" of someone, then many men would be guilty of abortion through ejaculation.

No. The egg being fertilised so it starts to grow is the initial onset of human life. Sperm is seed. Sperm will not become a human on it. Sperm fertilises an egg. It is the egg that becomes human at the point of fertilisation.

On a final note, the Soul need not be a Religious Discussion; it can be a Philosophical Discussion.

Most of my religious discussion are philisophical.