Religious people are NOT "born believers," landmark study reveals [View all]

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http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/877527/religion-belief-faith-god-belief-oxford-coventry-research-born-Christianity

New research by the universities of Oxford and Coventry has quashed the idea that religious people are 'born believers’.

Instead it is now thought that factors including upbringing and socio-cultural processes are more likely to influence whether a person is a religious believer.

The study, conducted by academics from Coventry University's Centre for Advances in Behavioural Science and neuroscientists and philosophers at Oxford University, included tests on pilgrims taking part in the famous Camino de Santiago pilgrimage and a brain stimulation experiment.

...“Religious belief is most likely rooted in culture rather than in some primitive gut intuition.”

Go figure. You'd think the lack of Christian children born to Hindu parents, or the lack of Jewish babies in Muslim communities might have been a tip-off.