An Old, Old Debate

    

Under the Double Helix

Though I often liked St. Augustine

I thought Pelagius had it right;

And I put my money on nurture

In the nature/nurture fight.

John Calvin was so fierce

With his predestination blues,

For me it was Arminius

Whose words bespoke good news.

But the question is not settled

As geneticists now show,

It could simply be our DNA

That determines how we grow.

                        Charles Kinnaird