A genetic knot?

The desire to marry may be influenced in part by a person's genes, researchers report in the current issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

A study of more than 7,000 people suggests that we inherit a propensity to marry and there's a genetic link between personality and a tendency to marry.

So . . . given a recent turn to brain science and biology in pastoral theology--where the argument is made that genetic and biological tendencies are created by God--does this study suggest that God creates some people for marriage and others for singleness?

.: Posted by Duane Bidwell on Friday, March 19, 2004

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