There has been so very much foolish talk recently on the subject, "When does life begin?" Even that august body, the Supreme Court, in handing down the Roe vs. Wade decision, hid behind the pretense that the question of when life begins was undeterminate. Barak Obama says it is above his pay grade. Joe Biden says that as a matter of faith, he knows, but will not impose religious opinion on others who have equally valid religious opinions. Poppycock and bolderdash. Any first year biology student knows the answer. Sarah Palin certainly knows the answer.

Follow this reasoning.

• A dead sperm cannot fertilize a dead ovum. Dead plus dead equals dead; no life begun.
• A dead sperm cannot fertilize a live ovum. Dead plus live equals dead; no life begun.
• A live sperm cannot fertilize a dead ovum. Live plus dead equals dead; no life begun.
• A live sprem can and does fertilize a live ovum, Live plus live equals live; no life begun, but has been passed on to a new generation.
• Ergo, at the moment of fertilization, life does indeed exist. Q. E. D.

Now, what is so hard to understand about that? At the moment of fertilization, a new, live human foetus is formed. That is pure biology.

Now comes the religious question! If this is so, just when did life begin? That answer is perfectly clear to the Christian, Jew and Muslim alike. Life began when God breathed it into that clump of clay that became Adam. From that time forward, life was passed on from generation to generation, Human to human each in his own kind.
Ah, yes, but what about Eve? Was she not also created? Indeed she was, form the living rib that God took from the living Adam. That is the theological answer, and it is thoroughly consistent with the biological one.

Enough of this nonsense, "When does life begin?" Whoever continues to ask this silly question has a hidden agenda, namely, that of ending a life. And if they profess to be Christian (especially if they profess to be Catholic) or Jewish, refer them to the Fifth Commandment.

---

Cleveland Mass	Cleveland Propers	Madisonville Mass	Madisonville Propers
Latin/English Tridentine Ordinary	Commentary	Holy Ghost Propers	Absolution and Holy Water
	Archives