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'''24.''' '''[[Materialism|Materialist]] [[pseudoscience]].''' (See: [[Evolution]] and [[Origin of Life|Abiogenesis]]). Countries with higher rates of [[Darwinism]] also have higher rates of atheism.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Atheist populations in various countries]</ref><ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/21329204.html Belief in evolution in various countries]</ref> Biblical creationists, such as advocates of the [[Question evolution! campaign]], assert that evolutionism is an ideological "air supply of atheism" and that reducing Darwinism will reduce the prevalence of atheism. <ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2011/12/cutting-off-air-supply-of-atheism.html Cutting off the air supply of atheism]</ref>
'''24.''' '''[[Materialism|Materialist]] [[pseudoscience]].''' (See: [[Evolution]] and [[Origin of Life|Abiogenesis]]). Countries with higher rates of [[Darwinism]] also have higher rates of atheism.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Atheist populations in various countries]</ref><ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/21329204.html Belief in evolution in various countries]</ref> Biblical creationists, such as advocates of the [[Question evolution! campaign]], assert that evolutionism is an ideological "air supply of atheism" and that reducing Darwinism will reduce the prevalence of atheism. <ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2011/12/cutting-off-air-supply-of-atheism.html Cutting off the air supply of atheism]</ref>
25. Simplistic view of science combined with [[secular left]]ist [[utopian]]ism.<ref>[http://blog.oup.com/2016/03/growing-criticism-by-atheists-of-the-new-atheism-movement Growing criticism by atheists of the New Atheism movement] by James W. Jones, [[Oxford University]] Press's website</ref>
James W. Jones wrote at the [[Oxford University]] Press's website:
{{Cquote|Many of today’s “New Atheists” reprise a nineteenth century argument about the “warfare of science with theology” (to use the title of one of the most well-known books of this genre by A.D. White published in the 1870s). There is a great deal of evidence that this cliché has little historical validity. For example, R. L. Numbers & K. Kampourakis question the idea that religion has obstructed scientific progress: many of the early pioneers of natural science were deeply religious;...
Stephen LeDrew’s ''The Evolution of Atheism'' shows that atheism is not just the denial of belief in God but is itself a system of belief in a “secular ideology” with a particular cultural and political agenda, an agenda powered by a simplistic view of science and a rationalistic utopianism that “exhibits some totalitarian tendencies with respect to the use of power.” If religion no longer binds society together and undergirds morality, state power must take over.
<ref>[http://blog.oup.com/2016/03/growing-criticism-by-atheists-of-the-new-atheism-movement Growing criticism by atheists of the New Atheism movement] by James W. Jones, [[Oxford University]] Press's website</ref>}}
'''25.''' '''[[Scientism]]:''' ''Science has in many ways become a new god''.<ref>[http://creation.com/the-religion-of-scientism-m-shallis The religion of scientism]</ref><ref>[http://www.saintsandsceptics.org/dawkins-dilbert-and-the-illogical-scientists/ Dawkins, Dilbert and the Illogical Scientists]</ref><ref>[http://www.religiontoday.com/news/exposing-the-religion-of-scientism-11598780.html Exposing the religion of scientism]</ref> Scientism is self-refuting. [[William Lane Craig]] wrote: "Scientism tells us that we should not believe any proposition that cannot be scientifically proven. But what about that very proposition itself? It cannot itself be scientifically proven."<ref>[http://www.reasonablefaith.org/is-scientism-self-refuting Is scientism self-refuting?]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and naturalistic intelligence]]
'''25.''' '''[[Scientism]]:''' ''Science has in many ways become a new god''.<ref>[http://creation.com/the-religion-of-scientism-m-shallis The religion of scientism]</ref><ref>[http://www.saintsandsceptics.org/dawkins-dilbert-and-the-illogical-scientists/ Dawkins, Dilbert and the Illogical Scientists]</ref><ref>[http://www.religiontoday.com/news/exposing-the-religion-of-scientism-11598780.html Exposing the religion of scientism]</ref> Scientism is self-refuting. [[William Lane Craig]] wrote: "Scientism tells us that we should not believe any proposition that cannot be scientifically proven. But what about that very proposition itself? It cannot itself be scientifically proven."<ref>[http://www.reasonablefaith.org/is-scientism-self-refuting Is scientism self-refuting?]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and naturalistic intelligence]]