6. Q. Why did God make you?
A. God made me to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world, and to be happy with Him for ever in heaven.
Of course we're wired for religion...God made us that way.
Hard-wiring sure doesn't do much for the doctrine of free will..
Whatever the case, if anyone thinks that Dr. Hamer's work is designed to support or advance Christianity, then they don't know much about Hamer's background.
PS. I have no problem with the idea in the abstract. I have a problem with bad science, which is Hamer's middle name IMHO.
At least one gene, which goes by the name VMAT2, controls the flow to the brain of chemicals that play a key role in emotions and consciousness. This is the "God gene" of the book's title, and Hamer acknowledges that it's a misnomer. There probably are dozens or hundreds more genes, yet to be identified, involved in the universal propensity for transcendence, he said.
In other words, his title is deceptive. All Hamer is talking about are the various genes implicated in emotional responses that happen to coincide with spirituality. It's like tracking down foremost gene involved in dopamine or seratonin and calling it a "popsicle gene" (because eating popsicles makes most people happy, and those are the main chemicals involved in happiness).
It's a misleading characterization of the science and it's typical of Hamer's work..
But this "scientist" says that only SOME people have this genetic claptrap thing. Some do, some don't. IOW, it's just some quirk of biology that makes some mindless robots believe in "god" and other mindless robots NOT believe in "god".
We are body, soul and SPIRIT. The spirit part of us was made to worship God. We don't always do it because we have free will (God's only mistake, smile!) but it's the spirit that communes with God.
I've sometimes wondered just what his religion is. An unfocused deism mixed with the power of positive thinking and at least three of the seven deadly sins is probably about right.