Life does not begin at conception:

My opponent makes some very interesting statements. He is correct that not everyone believes in the Bible. This is irrelevant to this argument. Not everyone believes that the world is round. Does this change the facts? No. How many people believing the wrong thing does it take to make it right? Half the population of the Earth? Sixty percent? Ninety nine percent? No, it doesn't matter how many people believe the wrong thing. It is wrong regardless of what people believe. Pro said, "Most mammals have fur from head to toe, this is proof that God intended for us to wear clothes." This argument show improper reasoning. It would be just as easy for me to say, "The sky is blue, so this is proof that God only loves people with blue eyes." Pro said, "People are born with foreskin, this is proof that God did not intend for us to be circumcised." People are also born with umbilical cords. Does God not want us to cut it, and walk around with the placenta thrown over our shoulder all our lives? Pro said, "We were born with brains, this is proof that God intended for us to think or ourselves." This is actually true. However, a dog also has a brain. Is it capable of reasoning? Is a fish? Is a mouse? No. Humans are the only animal on Earth that is capable of reasoned thought. Therefore this argument is again nonsensical. Next, Pro says "So, let's see what my bible says about abortion." He then turns to bunnies. First off, give evidence of rabbits ability to spontaneously abort. I can find no evidence. Second, rabbits are not able to think or reason. Humans are. Rabbits do not have a living soul. Humans do. It is not murder to kill unborn, infant, adult, or aged animals of any species. It is murder to kill innocent humans of any age. Finally, Pro brings up "Science", and then goes into an anecdotal story of his mom knowing a couple. Again, where is his scientific evidence? The lack of "gray matter" does not mean that the baby is not alive yet. It simply means that the child is not fully developed. I feel sorry for the family in his story, but I would have counseled them to allow the child to fully develop and be born. If he lived, they would be blessed. If he died however, at least they would have known that they gave him a chance, and didn't eliminate any chance he had of doing anything. I also have friends who had babies who were malformed in the womb. They allowed their children to be born. Today, those children are strong, productive, effective contributors to the lives of many people. Our lives would be less if we did not know these children. My in-laws aborted their first child because they were "too young" when they got pregnant. There is not a day that goes by that they do not regret that decision. The senseless murder of unborn infants causes a tremendous loss in terms of ideas, relationships, and emotional well-being in our society. To go back to one of the first things Pro said in this round, he quoted Exodus 21:22. But he said just before, that he, "learned not to take the bible seriously a long time ago." So which is it? Is the Bible a reliable source, or should we "not take [it] seriously"? Either way, what is the point of his quote? He makes no claims or statements about the quote, and he leaves off the only relevant part, verse 23-24. Exodus 21:22-24 says, "If men fight, and hurt a woman with child, so that she gives birth prematurely, yet no harm follows, he shall surely be punished accordingly as the woman"s husband imposes on him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. 23 But if any harm follows, then you shall give life for life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe." What does this mean? It means that the life of the unborn child has value. If harm is done to the child, the same harm is to be done to the men that caused the harm. If the child dies, they die. If the child loses a hand, they lose a hand, etc. It does not say anything that would make it OK to abort a pregnancy. It actually means that the doctor who performs an abortion should be put to death, because he is causing the death of an unborn child. It is off topic, but my last comment will be addressed to Pro's first two comments. Nowhere in the Bible does it say that working on Saturday is worse than murder. If you can find it please show it to me. What it does say is that violating God's commands on any topic is the same as violating His commands on any other. All are equally sin. Therefore, if He says don't work on Saturday and you do, that is the same as disobeying your parents, murdering, or telling a lie. All are equally violations of God's law, and therefore are deserving of equal punishment. Also, we are not commanded to "hack off half of your newborn babies genitals." The Israelites were commanded to circumcise their males (all of them, oldest to newborn). Medically, there are benefits to circumcision. It aids in keeping clean, prevents cervical cancer in their partners, and in no way impacts the pleasure of sex for either the male or the female (1). Reference: 1. http://www.mayoclinic.org...