No, that's not true. Those two cells require a lot of care and nurturing and education before they become a person.
Have you heard of HeLa cells?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeLa
They have a full compliment of human DNA, but no one in their right mind would argue that they are a person.
[UPDATE] This pithy slogan just occurred to me: a zygote is a person like a set of blueprints is a house.
No, that's not true. Those two cells require a lot of care and nurturing and education before they become a person.
Have you heard of HeLa cells?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeLa
They have a full compliment of human DNA, but no one in their right mind would argue that they are a person.
[UPDATE] This pithy slogan just occurred to me: a zygote is a person like a set of blueprints is a house.