It took a year to read the Bible, then almost 9 months to read the Apocrypha. Now, I'm going to try to offer reflections on the Narrative Lectionary. But, I won't be posting daily--at least, for a while.

Monday, November 17, 2008

The Selfless Gene

"Truly I tell you, just as you did it for one of the least of these, you did it for me." Why do we help others? Because Jesus told us to?

Olivia Judson writes in the October 2008 Atlantic Monthly about The Selfless Gene. The article begins:
It’s easy to see how evolution can account for the dark streaks in human nature—the violence, treachery, and cruelty. But how does it produce kindness, generosity, and heroism?
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