Quote Originally Posted by 40oz
Hey I think all you guys would really be interested in this movie if you have never seen it: Genesis (2004). It's a pretty cool and thought provocing documentary about life. It deals exactly with everything you were talking about Jah.

As for me, I don't really have much to say on the subject. I've realized that when it comes to life there are no answers, just questions.
Thanks for sharing your viewpoint 40oz.. and thanks for that link, i'll check that film out :thumbsup:



Quote Originally Posted by afghooey
Just because a sperm cell doesn't have the capacity for reasoning doesn't mean that it's not alive. If that's your criteria for defining life, then life ends where reasoning ceases.

Personally, I think the line drawn between 'life' and 'non-life' is an illusion; everything is alive to some degree (or nothing is, depending on your perspective), it's just that the things which we generally consider to be alive are much more complex.
Capacity for reasoning isn't my criteria for 'Life' as such. If I have to put my criteria into words I would say life is present when the living cell becomes a sentient being. What i'm saying is that i'm not happy to accept that such a huge step occurs simply through development and growth of living tissue into an organism that is capable of processing and directing electrical impulses.