Why do we even need religion, if even animals have their own norms of behavior and rules they follow? Is it true that all religions are essentially the same and boil down only to rituals and traditions? What is a God with commandments for—especially a God crucified on the cross—if moral principles were formed in human beings through evolution?
These and other questions are explored in her book by the author—a Christian philosopher and blogger who for many years considered herself an atheist. Relying on scientific research, as well as theoretical and practical ideas of well-known philosophers, writers, evolutionary biologists, and sociologists, she comes to the conclusion that the “commandment of love,” which arose through evolution, is inseparably connected with the “commandment of violence”—and both work equally for survival.
And it is precisely in opposition to these natural principles that Jesus Christ proclaims a paradoxical, at first glance illogical—and even self-destructive—commandment: love for the other, for the enemy—as the foundation of morality that connects a person with God, not merely makes them resemble the animal world.