Is atheism a genetic oddity?

[Justin of Flavia Neapolis]

Lefty writing hand. Righty punching hand.

Started out semi-Satanic as well.

Lefty AND estranged Father?

Fedora-city

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So left handedness is a genetic oddity? How sinister... On the other hand... to deny the philosophical possibility seems a bit strong armed, so do the ambidextrous run the air conditioning with the windows open? I'm not certain the two things are related... But what is life without a little mystery...

Oh clever sir! Very clever.

[Typh0n]

Lots of connections in this thread being made between left-handedness and the left-hand path.

[Justin of Flavia Neapolis]

It seems logical though, that those who are deemed abnormal are more likely to question societal norms.

It could be as simple as that: Left-handedness leads to questioning what is "normal." So, in a theistic society left-handedness leads to atheism, whereas in an atheistic society left-handedness leads to theism.

I don't think it necessarily travels in one direction (atheism).

EDT: my daughter is left-handed.

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[Ace_]

"By contrast, atheists and believers in the paranormal would, disproportionately, never have reached adulthood or never have been born, because these beliefs, though very different, are partly an expression of the breakdown of selection and thus of rising mutational load," the study says.

Or because religious people would have killed them?

[deathwarmedup]

Were did you hear that turn of phrase?

scotland

[Red Memories]

I am right handed and religious...

but my grandfather is left handed and religious...

I feel this is a weird correlation to make, and we should remember correlation is not equal to causation.

[Terralynn]

Let me get this right from your point of view... God created people with aberrant genetics that make them not believe in him? Oh the implications, he truly works in mysterious ways.

this is amazing

[Lark]

I'm just wondering the who and why of how this research got funded.