Sunday, December 19

£ove Your Job

Me: "When do you think life begins?"
Madeleine: "Like what do you mean?"
Me: "Does it start when the man's sperm and woman's egg come together?"
Madeleine: "No, of course not."
Me: "Well, when?"
Madeleine: "At birth."
Me: "What if I told you a baby in mom's uterus has ten fingers and a heart beat?"
Madeleine, Eitan:
Me: "How about the potential for life? When does that start?"
Madeleine: "Life begins at the first breath. That is when it starts."
Me: "I like that. There is no doubt there."
Eitan: "Yes, at birth. When the baby breathes."
Madeleine: "That is what I said!"
Eitan: "Well, it's obvious isn't it?"
Me: "Not so obvious - a lot of people argue this. How about a tree seed. Is it living when just a root underground?"
Madeleine: "Yes."
Me: "Isn't this like a baby in mom's uterus?"
Madeleine: "Well, a tree is not actually living until it has leaves."
Eitan: "That is when it can breath."
Madeleine: "Nice one, Eitan."
Me: