What role does DNA play in a person’s susceptibility to religion?

you may want to ask one of these CHRISTIANS........

Dr. David H. Rogstad

Earned a Ph.D. in physics from Caltech before launching his career as a rocket scientist. During his 31 years at Caltech and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Worked on a number of high-profile projects, including the supercomputers used to simulate national defense scenarios dubbed "Star Wars." Also led the technical team credited with saving the Galileo Mission to Jupiter. In addition to publishing more than 20 papers on radio astronomy in scientific journals, was commissioned to co-author and edit Antenna Arraying Techniques in the Deep Space Network (Wiley, 2003). This book is part of the prestigious JPL series that lays a foundation for innovation in deep space navigation and communications. Still serves as a technical consultant to the Lab.

Dr. Hugh Ross

At age seventeen he was the youngest person yet to serve as director of observations for Vancouver's Royal Astronomical Society. With the help of a provincial scholarship and a National Research Council (NRC) of Canada fellowship, he completed his undergraduate degree in physics (University of British Columbia) and graduate degrees in astronomy (University of Toronto). The NRC also sent him to the United States for postdoctoral studies. At Caltech he researched quasars, some of the most distant and ancient objects in the universe.

Dr. Jeffrey Zweerink

From the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) where he still serves (part-time) on the physics and astronomy research faculty. Although science has been a major interest for most of his life, Jeff developed a fascination with gamma rays-messengers from vastly distant black holes and neutron stars-during his graduate studies at Iowa State University, where he earned his Ph.D. in 1997. Conducted research using the STACEE and VERITAS gamma-ray telescopes. Involved in research projects such as the Solar Two Project and the Whipple Collaboration. Has co-authored more than 30 journal articles and numerous conference proceedings.

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And what role does DNA play in a person's susceptibility to atheism?

The belief system a person follows throughout their life, is a topic of nurture...not nature. I don't think anyone's "susceptibility" to one belief or another has anything to do with their DNA structure.

Not much. We have a ton of catholics in my family, my father is atheist and my mother is baptist. ME and my sister went the pagan route. Doesn't seem like with all the DNA floating around that we were susceptible at all.

DNA wrote many good books about religion and junk, disguised as SCI_FI novels. . THE HITCH-HIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY helped lead IJR on to the pathway of Truth. And for that, IJR will be eternally grateful to Douglas Noel Adams, DNA. Ramen.

None, No doubt some scientist will come up with a study to tell you different. They think there is a genetic reason for everything. It's a way of trying to evade or take responsibility for sinful behavior . I'm sorry officer I didn't mean to bash that persons head in with a baseball bat. It has to do with my genetics..

Nobody is really sure that DNA plays any roll at all.

You might read Dawkin's, "God Delusion" for some interesting postilion on the subject. He includes a good deal of his own carefully considered thought.

I think that we are all given thee choice to serve God or deny him...I think as far as DNA goes I think that the race is the only thing I have seen. I have seen more black people who have he holy ghost and speak in tongues than whites .Ihave seen whites at black churches too but have yet to see a full white congregation that preaches holiness. I have seen however alot of white catholics in my gma's church but the catholics dnt believe in holy ghost so im confused wwhen it comes to different religions who think it takes different things to get to heaven I say Christ is the way & the holy ghost is great. Praise God

i would think that you would be drawn to a kind that you may have loved before in another life or that your ancestors believed in - especially these days with the wealth of knowledge and our new wave ideas but in times gone by?...You probebly only knew one religion and you most probebly were not well traveled to find more.

Sarakmajerra

I don't think it's about DNA. It's more about the enivronment that person was placed in as a child.

we humans are all of the same dna -it is the cultures and the strongest in them that force you to think like you do