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The other 50 were Christians, 30 of whom could be characterized as being devout Christians.<ref name="Origins" />
The other 50 were Christians, 30 of whom could be characterized as being devout Christians.<ref name="Origins" />
Sir [[Francis Bacon]], sometimes referred to as "the Father of Modern Science", wrote in his essay entitled ''Of Atheism'' the following: "I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the [[Talmud]], and the [[Koran|Alcoran]], than that this universal frame is without a mind."<ref name="bacon">Bacon, Francis (1601). [http://www.authorama.com/essays-of-francis-bacon-17.html ''The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral, of Francis Ld. Verulam Viscount St. Albans''; "Of atheism"]. Authorama.</ref>
Sir [[Francis Bacon]], sometimes referred to as "the Father of Modern Science", wrote in his essay entitled ''Of Atheism'' the following: "I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the [[Talmud]], and the [[Koran|Alcoran]], than that this universal frame is without a mind."<ref name="bacon">Bacon, Francis (1601). [http://www.authorama.com/essays-of-francis-bacon-17.html ''The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral, of Francis Ld. Verulam Viscount St. Albans''; "Of atheism"]. Authorama.</ref>
== Secular scientific community and their grasp of logic, statistics and history/philosophy of science ==
As far as atheists in the scientific community, [[Vox Day|Theodore Beale]] correctly points out that many atheist scientists (and scientists in general) have a poor grasp of logic, statistics, the history/philosophy of science and other matters which often causes them to reach erroneous conclusions and engage in pseudoscience.<ref>
*[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2011/08/lecturing-butterfly-collector.html Correcting the butterfly collector]
*[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2009/06/frauds-of-science-ii.html The frauds of science II]
*[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2010/07/why-scientific-evidence-is-less-valid.html Why scientific evidence is less valid in law]
*[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2008/01/atheist-morality-and-iq-in-action.html TIA review aka Atheism in Action]
*[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2011/07/its-not-all-nails.html It's not all nails]
*[http://voxday.blogspot.ca/2014/02/statistical-misleadings.html Statistical misleadings]</ref> Moreover, due to the poor ethics of many atheist/secular scientists, scientific fraud has become a significant problem within the scientific community.<ref>[http://creation.com/science-fraud-epidemic Why the epidemic of fraud exists in science today] by Jerry Bergman</ref> See also: [[Atheism and morality]] and [[Moral failures of the atheist population]]
== List atheist and agnostic pseudosciences ==
== List atheist and agnostic pseudosciences ==