Human being

What is a human being? A human being is a complete human organism. A human being is not a man or a woman. A woman isn't a human being. A man isn't a human being either.

A human being is a man plus a woman. Just as a heart isn't a human being by itself, and a brain isn't a human being by itself, so too a man by himself or a woman by herself are only half a human being. Is an unfertilized egg a human being? Of course not. Is a sperm cell a human being? No. Only when they come together do they form a person, and even that person is only half a human being until he or she grows up and forms a relationship with a person of the opposite gender.

People speak jokingly of "my other half" when referring to a spouse, and yet it's more true than anyone realizes. 3