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The [[National Academy of Sciences]] (NAS) is a non-profit organization created by and sanctioned by the United States federal government. The purpose of the agency is to "investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art" whenever called upon to do so by any department of the government. The NAS is comprised of approximately 2,000 members.

The [[National Academy of Sciences]] (NAS) is a non-profit organization created by and sanctioned by the United States federal government. The purpose of the agency is to "investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art" whenever called upon to do so by any department of the government. The NAS is comprised of approximately 2,000 members.

[[Atheism|Atheist]] apologists point out that 93 percent of the members of the National Academy of Sciences are atheists/agnostics.

[[Atheism|Atheist]] apologists point out that 93 percent of the members of the National Academy of Sciences are atheists/[[agnosticism|agnostics]].

[[File:AlvinPlantinga.JPG|thumbnail|200px|right|The majority of philosophers of religion, or those who have extensively studied the existence of God, are theists (72 percent).<ref>[http://www.strangenotions.com/atheist-scientists/ Does it matter that many scientists are atheists?}</ref>

[[File:AlvinPlantinga.JPG|thumbnail|200px|right|The majority of philosophers of religion, or those who have extensively studied the existence of God, are theists (72 percent).<ref>[http://www.strangenotions.com/atheist-scientists/ Does it matter that many scientists are atheists?}</ref>

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