Does science teach the same thing that the Bible says, that human life begins at conception?
Does science teach the same thing that the Bible says, that human life begins at conception?
Yes. Fetal embryology teaches us that at conception (fertilization) a 1) living, 2) distinct, and 3) whole human being comes into existence and develops and matures from within.
- “A zygote is the beginning of a new human being. Human development begins at fertilization, the process during which a male gamete or sperm … unites with a female gamete or oocyte … to form a single cell called a zygote. This highly specialized, totipotent cell marks the beginning of each of us as a unique individual.” —Keith L. Moore & T.V.N. Persaud, The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology, 16.