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Atheists and the National Academy of Sciences (view source)
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[[Alvin Plantinga]] is widely known for his work in philosophy of religion, [[epistemology]], [[metaphysics]] and [[Christian apologetics]]. ''Time'' magazine called him "America's leading orthodox Protestant philosopher of God". ]]
[[Alvin Plantinga]] is widely known for his work in philosophy of religion, [[epistemology]], [[metaphysics]] and [[Christian apologetics]]. ''Time'' magazine called him "America's leading orthodox Protestant philosopher of God". ]]
'''2.''' The existence of God is a [[Philosophy|philosophical]] question and not [[science|scientific]] question since God is supernatural and thus outside of nature. And the majority of philosophers of religion, or those who have extensively studied the issue of the [[Arguments for the existence of God|existence of God]], are [[theism|theists]] (72 percent).<ref>[http://www.strangenotions.com/atheist-scientists/ Does it matter that many scientists are atheists?]</ref>
Furthermore, there is experimental evidence supporting the proposition that the God of the Bible does answer prayers.<ref>[http://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-apologist-10-reasons-for-the-fall-of-atheism-106531/ Christian Apologist: 10 Reasons for the Fall of Atheism] by [[Gary Habermas]]</ref> The Christian apologist [[Gary Habermas]] wrote: "Double-blind prayer experiments: where people pray for others with terminal illness. Habermas admitted that most such experiments have not worked, but the three that he knows of that have indeed worked were cases of orthodox-Christians praying for the sick."<ref>[http://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-apologist-10-reasons-for-the-fall-of-atheism-106531/ Christian Apologist: 10 Reasons for the Fall of Atheism] by [[Gary Habermas]]</ref>
'''2.''' Strictly speaking, the existence of God is a [[Philosophy|philosophical]] question and not [[science|scientific]] question since God is supernatural and thus outside of nature. And the majority of philosophers of religion, or those who have extensively studied the issue of the [[Arguments for the existence of God|existence of God]], are [[theism|theists]] (72 percent).<ref>[http://www.strangenotions.com/atheist-scientists/ Does it matter that many scientists are atheists?]</ref>
'''3.'''The NAS website declares: "Election to NAS membership in the NAS is considered one of the highest honors that a scientist can receive."<ref>[http://www.nasonline.org/ NAS website]</ref> Biet-Hallahmi, author of ''Atheism, A Psychological Profile'', in ''The Cambridge Companion to Atheism'', wrote, “…what these individuals [the most elite] had, in addition to their creativity and high intelligence, was a strong wish to create distance between themselves and their parents.”
'''3.'''The NAS website declares: "Election to NAS membership in the NAS is considered one of the highest honors that a scientist can receive."<ref>[http://www.nasonline.org/ NAS website]</ref> Biet-Hallahmi, author of ''Atheism, A Psychological Profile'', in ''The Cambridge Companion to Atheism'', wrote, “…what these individuals [the most elite] had, in addition to their creativity and high intelligence, was a strong wish to create distance between themselves and their parents.”