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And it's entirely plausible that infact I am born religious, or with this trait, because it is a bizarrity I wish to understand more. I really would like an answer as to why I am so like this. (born religious) Or simply deem "no God" as a total impossibility.
Hmm, if this is the case, that your religious tendencies are a genetic trait, then it is also probably the case that people are born with a genetic tendency to be secular.
If this is the case, and the tendency to be religious or not is simply a heritable trait like any other, then several issues come to mind:
1) Why would the very interactive God described in the Bible make it so only a portion of his creation had the proclivity to believe in him? Why would he design his people such that some of us would not be born with the tendency or ability to believe, no matter how much we wanted to?
2) Does the idea of "genetic religosity" suggest that religion feelings in people are not indicative of the existence of God, but were just selected for because of their responsiveness to the world around them, or perhaps their greater tendency to stay together in and defend groups because of religious identification?
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