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Cambridge English B - 1.1.2 Reading

Authored by Leonid Kanev

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1.

FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION

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What Twins Reveal1 About The Science Of Faith

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

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Most people can accept diseases or height and even weight being genetically heritable to some extent2, but when it comes to our personal beliefs we tend to be more sceptical.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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For many, the idea that there is a genetic component to our faith (or lack of it), is a stretch too far and damages the concept of self-determination that we hold so dear3.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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Twin studies conducted around the world in the U.S., the Netherlands and Australia as well as ours in the U.K. show a 40 to 50 percent genetic component4 to belief in God.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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The opposite scenario5 of non-belief is also true: only a tiny 3 percent of the U.S. population report being firmly atheist compared with 18 percent in the U.K. As well as belief, participation follows separate trends in the two countries.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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The conclusion is unavoidable6: faith is definitely influenced by genes.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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To uncover in more detail exactly what part of belief or religion was genetic, an unlikely research partnership was formed between two academic twin experts: Nick Martin, an extrovert7 atheist Australian and Lindon Eaves, a British lay preacher originally from Birmingham.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

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