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comment by riemannman
riemannman  ·  4646 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A Priori Reasoning, Mathematics, and those Goddamn Reddit Atheists
I don't really understand. Are you saying that the having strong versus weak opinions on religion tends to be genetic?

I don't really know how religion could be passed genetically, but I am pretty sure that my strong beliefs and interest in religion stems from the environment I was raised in.





JakobVirgil  ·  4646 days ago  ·  link  ·  
>the having strong versus weak opinions on religion tends to be genetic close to this. I think that there are genitic traits that allow one to be a true believer in a thing. I think this is why "patriotism", conservative politics and fundementalist religion seem to be coupled. The ability to take someones word for something seems to be have a genetic component. http://youtu.be/pIAoJsS9Ix8 something along these lines.