God: Creator or Created?
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SummaryEver since the Renaissance movement, when the question was finally free of its taboo status, there has been widespread and public debate among philosophers, theologians, and scientists as to the existence of God. With the exception of theologians, the debate has been internal as well as external, with many experts within each discipline disagreeing strongly over this controversial topic. Now research from many geneticists indicates that the inclination to believe in a higher power is not the product of society, but rather a product of a person’s genetic makeup; that is, the DNA coding that makes each person unique. As I thought about this idea, many questions flew through my head. What exactly is the possibility of the inclination to believe in a higher power being instilled in our genetic encoding?
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- Ever since the Renaissance movement, when the question was finally free of its taboo status, there has been widespread and public debate among philosophers, theologians, and scientists as to the existence of God
- While I was pondering this topic I remembered a Time magazine cover about a year ago that seemed to be relevant to the subject
- The main study the article drew upon to substantiate is query was the famous twins study conducted in 1971 by the University of Minnesota
- Though the Time article gave me a great starting place, and also left me leaning to the opposite side than I had previously imagined on the issue of 'God in our genes,?
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