Grad der Religiosität offenbar erblich beeinflußt

Minnesota-Studie zu eineiigen Zwillingen, die getrennt aufwuchsen: Selbst religiöse und politische Einstellungen sind offenbar genetisch beeinflußt.

"Bouchard and his behavior geneticist colleagues D. Lykken, M. McGue, and A. Tellegen are repeatedly astonished by the spooky similarities they discover in their identical twins reared apart but that never appear in their fraternal twins reared apart. Another pair of identical twins meeting for the first time discovered that they both used Vademecum toothpaste, Canoe shaving lotion, Vitalis hair tonic, and Lucky Strike cigarettes. After the meeting they sent each other identical birthday presents that crossed in the mail. One pair of women habitually wore seven rings. Another pair of men pointed out (correctly) that a wheel bearing in

Bouchard’s car needed replacing. And quantitative research corroborates the hundreds of anecdotes. Not only are very general traits like IQ, extroversion, and neuroticism partly heritable, but so are specific ones like degree of religious feeling, vocational interests, and opinions about the death penalty, disarmament, and computer music.

Pinker, Steven. The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (Penguin Science) (S.336). Penguin Books Ltd. Kindle-Version.