Thread: Planned Parenthood Bombed

Originally Posted by michael h

The source doesn't disagree ... your ability to understand disagrees. Yous inability to comprehend and omissions, doesn't change science ... be it language barrier or emotional attactment. Science stands above your comprehension. Science doesn't care who has the ability to grasp knowledge ... its science that counts ... not your ability to understand.

Main Entry: or·gan·ism
Pronunciation: \ˈȯr-gə-ˌniz-əm\
Function: noun
: an individual constituted to carry on the activities of life by means of organs separate in function but mutually dependent : a living being

Are zygotes constituted of organs?

Originally Posted by Slon

Main Entry: or·gan·ism
Pronunciation: \ˈȯr-gə-ˌniz-əm\
Function: noun
: an individual constituted to carry on the activities of life by means of organs separate in function but mutually dependent : a living being

Are zygotes constituted of organs?

nope

A zygote is an individual constituted to carry on the activities of life by means of organs separate in function but mutually dependent : a living being

Originally Posted by michael h

nope

Originally Posted by michael h

A zygote is an individual constituted to carry on the activities of life by means of organs separate in function but mutually dependent : a living being

If a zygote is not constituted of organs, it is not constituted to continue living by means of organs. That's because it is without organs and still lives. It lives by other means. Means which do not involve organs. It has none.

Originally Posted by Slon

If a zygote is not constituted of organs, it is not constituted to continue living by means of organs. That's because it is without organs and still lives. It lives by other means. Means which do not involve organs. It has none.

BTW was that the complete definition or did you omit again?

Originally Posted by michael h

BTW was that the complete definition or did you omit again?

Go and look it up yourself. Medlineplus. http://www.merriam-webster.com/medlineplus/organism

Originally Posted by Slon

Go and look it up yourself. Medlineplus. http://www.merriam-webster.com/medlineplus/organism

So did you read the definition?

Originally Posted by michael h

So did you read the definition?

Yep. I even quoted it for you.

Originally Posted by Slon

Yep. I even quoted it for you.

So what does it mean to be constituted?

Originally Posted by michael h

So what does it mean to be constituted?

To be made up of. In this context, it refers to the physical constitution (physical makeup) of the object. The zygote does not fit the definition because it does not have organs, does not require them to live and does not have the constitution to use or contain those organs.

By now you may be understanding the definition ... others try to make it easier to understand:

Chambers Online Reference provides a broad definition: "any living structure, such as a plant, animal, fungus or bacterium, capable of growth and reproduction"

Originally Posted by Slon

To be made up of. In this context, it refers to the physical constitution (physical makeup) of the object. The zygote does not fit the definition because it does not have organs, does not require them to live and does not have the constitution to use or contain those organs.

Why not eliminate the word is it needed?

Originally Posted by michael h

By now you may be understanding the definition ... others try to make it easier to understand:

Chambers Online Reference provides a broad definition: "any living structure, such as a plant, animal, fungus or bacterium, capable of growth and reproduction"

So? We were talking about the white paper. The reason I chose medlineplus is because the white paper used that source. The point is not that a source disagrees with the white paper, but that a source which the white paper uses for the same intent disagrees with the white paper.