Twins+and+Religion,+is+there+a+link+or+not?

March 2010**
 * Twins and Religion, is there a link or not?


 * In the article I read it briefly mentioned the young woman Ashley Smith, who if you remember, was held hostage by a convicted murderer. She said that she believes that “God brought him to my door”. But how in the world can a person stay calm when someone is in their home with a gun with no qualms about killing them? Some scientists think that some people, such as Mrs. Smith are born with God hardwired into their genes. **** Recent studies with twins show that while environmental factors play a big part in determining a person's degree of faith early in life. Those possibly later on take over and become a dominant factor as people make the transition into adulthood and either strengthen or reduce the role of religion in their lives. **
 * They took surveys from 169 identical and 104 fraternal twins. All of the sets of twins were born in the same state, were at almost the same age and were all men. In the surveys, the men rated how often they took part in religious activities and the importance of religious faith in their own lives. They also rated their mother and father's level of faith, as well as their own personal faith while they were growing up. Finally, they were asked to grade the current and past religious faith of their twin. It was found that identical twins, who share all their genes, had similar faith levels. While fraternal twins who share half of their genes got a sense of how genetics are affecting their faith. So how can you keep your faith and calmness when being held at gunpoint? Well I don’t exactly know the answer but your genes can tell.

Imani March 14, 2010 **