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Atheists and the National Academy of Sciences (view source)
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=== Existence of God: A philosophical question. Not a scientific question ===
=== Existence of God: A philosophical question. Not a scientific question ===
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>
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.
==== The majority of philosophers of religion are theists ====
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>
=== Atheists, parents, personal autonomy, and the desire for eliteness ===
=== Atheists, parents, personal autonomy, and the desire for eliteness ===