I Theologized, and have come to the conclusion that we as egg eating Catholics, must not eat eggs during days of abstinence (which includes Holy Week) because:
a. At the level of being meat:
The logic of "Humanae Vitae" states that human life begins at the embryo because left alone, the embryo has the innate capability to become a whole human person. This means it is an underdeveloped human being, but is still therefore a human being. Eggs if left to their natural devices will become Chickens someday, ergo they are underdeveloped chickens as eggs.
b. At the level of Abstinence as sacrifice:
The whole point of abstinence is to sacrifice. The church doesn't define meat as the thing to be sacrificed, but it rather recommends meat because it is what most people eat. If people prefer fish to meat, then during abstinence days, they should give up fish. The logic is sacrific, not definition. The same goes with the eggs. Giving up eggs if you like eggs is a sacrifice. We have then established that eggs are chickens, and that we must give up chickens because we have to sacrifice.
There. Pop Theology. It's the new Youth branch of Theology :D.
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