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My automatic reaction to this is to try and pic holes in the methods those social scientists used to aquire this sort of 'scientificaly hereditary' result, quite right: pacebo effect; predisposition and so on.
The correct way to aproach this would be to say we are observing an effect, an effect which stems from people concentrating hard on a particular issue that they really really want to happen, accessing some part of their mind where they bring themselves into the state when they are being completely honest with some sort of imaginary 'fatherly' figure with whom there is no secrects; repent the 'bad things', ask for the good thing(s) and, it seems, things go better than if you would not have done nothing at all.
I don't know about you but from where I come from I would bemaybe the second generation that does not believe in 'supernatural being(s)', following a good few tens of thousands that did. to think that we do not carry some sort biologicaly (or whatever) inherited legacy is foolish.
There are countless examples why beleif in the 'supernatural' would have been useful for our susvival in the past and the evolution of inteligence in humans.
It is as simple as that: we have religiuos practices and beleifs because they were useful for our survival, we've inherited it. My whole point is what is that It? How is it that we can tap into sort of grid with our minds just by thinking in a particular way and influece outcomes? Is it some sort of group system of survival that we are calling God because that is the only way we can tap into it?
Any thoughts?