I know, I know, not a diary, but...
Now that Mississippi voters are considering defining a fertilized egg as a person, I think we should consider the matter philosophically. If an unfertilized egg isn't a person and a fertilized egg is a person, does that mean that the egg gets a soul as soon as it has 26 chromosomes? What are the implications?
Given that most zygotes don't become babies, does the zygote go to heaven, or some sort of purgatory, or is its soul recycled, or blinked out of existence? (Maybe it goes to Hell for having failed to accept the good lord's teachings?) If it goes to heaven, does it take the form of a zygote, or a human, or is it formless? Does it have the capability to understand what it is doing there? If a zygote is flushed down the toilet with menses, is that like flushing a baby down the toilet? Should we say a little prayer after disposing of a tampon just in case? If flushing a tampon with a zygote on it causes your toilet to clog, is that a just punishment from God?
Should we love a zygote just as we love a baby? Is it potentially involuntary manslaughter to smoke, be stressed, or drink alcohol or caffeine within a couple months after having unprotected sex because it might increase the chance of the zygote being flushed and thus dying its gruesome toilet-death?
Identical twins develop from a single fertilized egg. Are they one person? Do they only get one soul, at conception? Do they share the soul, each getting one half of it, or does one twin get a soul while the other is soulless? Is that where evil twins come from?
I think we should explore these questions and more. I look forward to seeing what everyone has to say in the comments. :)