When does life begin?
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Life begins when we realise the purpose behind our existence. Life is not just taking birth, thats just the existence. \n\nExistence + Wisdom = Life\n\nA scientist may answer to this question in a very different manner and a philosopher may answer something else.
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What is the meaning of life?
69845
the question is NOT what is the purpose of life, but rather, \n\nDid life happen on purpose?  A better question to ponder.
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Forever doesn't have a start, that's partly what the word means. If the universe has a beginning, we don't how it began or what was there beforehand, there are only theories. The universe as we know it has been estimated to be at least 15 billion years old but, no more than 20 billion years old. (Different websites have different numbers though)
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Great idea....when do we start.
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you mean what is the meaning of life on earth?  what is our purpose? who knows, and why does it matter anyway?  \n\nIt's nice to ponder on such things, but we don't actually NEED all the answers in life to live a fulfilling happy existence anyway.
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Creation! The meaning of life is what you make of it. The universe is what is there for you to discover. and everithing is what you live for. put them together and the answer is the same: CREATION
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To me life is how you make it. As humans we only know so far that we have one life. Ever day i choose to get even when the previous day was horrible. With all the bad things that have happened to me a my young age i am greatful for my life. Life is complicated yet it is simple. It is the good and the bad times. It is the decison that you make to get up to breathe to even eat. Life is all that we see, hear, think, smell, etc. It is all. Life has no meaning it is to me a defintaion to all other things.
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Concept is mostly defined as an idea, like life begin at conception. When there is nothing but a concept about life.
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what is the meaning of life?!?
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You seem to have answered your own question there. Nobody knows exactly how the first living cell formed, of course, but it is generaly thorized to have begun with self-replicating molecules (RNA&DNA, like you said, though, belive RNA is belived to be the more ancient). These molecules reacting in a dense enough solution with the nesesary ingridients and enough energy thrown itno the mix, and hey persto -Life!
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The earth came into existence by some as yet undetermined process, the most likely of which was a "big bang" whereby all existing planets and solar systems began to form into their current transitory states. During that process, animal life began to form on the earth, by yet another unknown process. The earth is currently in a state of transition that will eventually result in its return to the previous unknown condition that resulted in the "big bang."\n\n\n\nNow send me $5 or I'll put a curse on you.
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physics has shown that time is a property that is the result of the existence of matter.  Time exists when matter exists.  Time has even been called the fourth dimension.  But God is not matter.  In fact, God created matter.  He created the universe.  So, time began when God created the universe.  Before that, God was simply existing and time had no meaning (except conceptually), no relation to Him.  Therefore, to ask where God came from is to ask a question that cannot really be applied to God in the first place.  Because time has no meaning with God in relation to who He is, eternity is also not something that can be absolutely related to God.  God is even beyond eternity.
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If you mean that time has stopped, and that it is always July 5, 2005, for all eternity, yes.\n\nIf you mean something starts one day and continues into eternity, try starting July 5, 2005 into perpituity (business-like) or beginning July 5, 2005 until the end of time (more personal)
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This is a highly loaded question.  At least you are up front about your intentions.\n\nThe beginning of life is subjective. Not all species follow the same rules.\n\nTake for example a jellyfish. When a jellyfish releases spermatozoa and eggs, these combine to form a planula. This is technically a living cluster of cells. It has no nervous system, no perception, no way to feed, or direct its movement. As it drifts through the water it develops further and has rudimentery chemical senes that will ultimately tell it where to settle and begin its next phase of life.\n\nA mammal is a cluster of cells a few days after conception. These are undifferentited stem cells. They have not yet begun to differentiate. An embryonic dog looks like an enbryonic whale at this stage. It is very fragile and any number of problems will cause it to self terminate and stop growing. It cannot survive without its host, and has no brain or nervous system to be conscious or self aware.  In the case of humans, whose gestation is about 42 weeks, at about week 12, the fetus now has a rudimentery circulatory system and a beating heart. This system now is responsible for delivery nutrients provided by the host (mom) and removing waste products. Any earlier and the fetus/embryo is  in early development. In many cases if you were showed any mammal at the same stage you could not tell a mouse from a dog from a human at 4, 6, or 8 weeks. Even an embryonic fish at 2 weeks looks like a human at 3 weeks. If you had to put a date on this type of question, then 12 weeks seems reasonable. Another perspective is when a fetus could survive outside the uterus, which is about 26 to 30 weeks. In some cases slightly earlier. The nervous system begins development around week 10 to 14 and for all purposes is not finished until about 2.5 years of age. The brain and spinal chord are not cohesive until about 16 t 20 weeks and there are no sensory systems or pain receptors until closer to 30 weeks. Even at birth, newbornes are only semi conscious as their brains interpret the new environment.\nIn short, you cannot accurately and faily put a number on this. Esecially when it comes to a womans right to dictate how her bidy is used. Pregnancy is much like a parasitic infection. Forcing a mother to be a host to this is as cruel as terminating a pregnancy. Prevention is far better and education and access to reliable methods and information should be everyones goals. But you cannot expect the number of pregnancy terinations to go down if you do not educate kids about sex and provide confidential access to birth control.
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"Life" is simply a state.  It is the synchronous operations of billions of cells in your body, and if you will atoms, arranged in such a way to function together as one.  Thus, death would be the ceasing of that function.\n\nIf you mean "sentience", that is consciousness, this functionality comes from within the brain.
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Life (as stated in the bible)...\n\ndoes not come immediately after death. It waits. Just like a man who is sound asleep. Life will come upon Christ's second coming...\n\nThat life will either be spent in heaven or in hell depending on man's deeds here.