tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021972615680221295.post4936539622393738962..comments2023-05-25T13:17:24.082+00:00Comments on Language, Life and Logic: Genetic factors and religious orientationMark Englishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506844097173520312noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021972615680221295.post-50675182956502272442012-05-31T15:41:25.879+00:002012-05-31T15:41:25.879+00:00Oops, my mistake!Oops, my mistake!Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16898681927233029900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021972615680221295.post-22309378076056261962012-05-31T03:28:00.701+00:002012-05-31T03:28:00.701+00:00My stated assumption was that genetic and early de...My stated assumption was that genetic and early developmental factors play a decisive role in setting one's basic religious orientation, and I don't think that's incompatible with the research evidence. (I meant 'developmental' to cover social and other environmental factors.)<br /><br />I don't have a firm view on the relative importance of genetic (as distinct from environmental etc.) factors.<br /><br />Whether it is due mainly to genes or mainly to early conditioning, we are unconsciously predisposed to have certain views and many of our basic convictions are less the product of rational reflection than we would (presumably) like to think.Mark Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506844097173520312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021972615680221295.post-9176528591562879872012-05-31T00:46:24.853+00:002012-05-31T00:46:24.853+00:00Mark, I think you have misread the interesting PDF...Mark, I think you have misread the interesting PDF article. My summary of it would be that about one third of religiousness is genetically determined. Two thirds comes from family and social influences. Nothing in the article implies that genetics is overall "decisive". Only in the case of being "born again" is genetics the dominant factor.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16898681927233029900noreply@blogger.com