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can identical twins have different religious beliefs?
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RE: can identical twins have different religious beliefs?
(June 23, 2014 at 8:37 pm)ignoramus Wrote: Just thinking about genetically identical twins, triplets, etc.
If they are all exposed to the same upbringing, whatever that may be, would they have the same propensity to believe or not believe?

We're all aware of the power of indoctrination (plant the seed before the logical mind has fully evolved).

"Genetic tendency
There is evidence to suggest that some people are more susceptible to developing an addiction although this is not conclusive. This doesn’t mean that the addiction is passed down in their family; rather that their biological make up is hard-wired in such a way that makes them more prone to dependency."

The above quote refers to drug addiction. I wonder if the brain is also hardwired for other things like:being more susceptible to believing, gambling, killing, etc.


The key is how same are their upbringing? Even if they have similar upbringing, there could still be chaotic differences in outcome thanks to seemingly minor differences in their experiences.

They may date different people. They may go to different schools and therefore associate with different people, etc.

I would say perhaps identical twins are less likely to have different religious beliefs than fraternal twins raised in comparably similar environment (as somehow assessed) but they certainly still can have different religious beliefs.
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RE: can identical twins have different religious beliefs? - by Anomalocaris - June 24, 2014 at 12:21 am

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