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Dr. Michael Martin later released his [[transcendental argument for the non-existence of God]] (TANG) in 1996 which was rebutted by Christian apologists.<ref>http://www.reformed.org/apologetics/index.html?mainframe=/apologetics/martin_TAG.html</ref>
Dr. Michael Martin later released his [[transcendental argument for the non-existence of God]] (TANG) in 1996 which was rebutted by Christian apologists.<ref>http://www.reformed.org/apologetics/index.html?mainframe=/apologetics/martin_TAG.html</ref>
===Creationist Tend to Win the Creation-Evolution Public Debates===
===Creationist Tend to Win the Creation-Evolution Public Debates===
Robert Sloan, who was a director of the paleontology at the University of Minnesota, reluctantly admitted to a ''Wall Street Journal'' reporter that the "creationist tend to win" the public debates which focused on the creation vs. [[theory of evolution|evolution]] controversy.<ref>http://members.shaw.ca/mark.64/hcib/whowins.html</ref> In August of 1979, [[Henry Morris]] reported in an [[Institute for Creation Research]] letter the following: “By now, practically every leading evolutionary scientist in this country has declined one or more invitations to a scientific debate on creation/evolution.” .<ref>http://members.shaw.ca/mark.64/hcib/whowins.html</ref> Dr. Morris also reported the following regarding the creation scientist [[Duane Gish]] (who had over 300 formal debates): “At least in our judgment and that of most in the audiences, he always wins.” Generally speaking, leading evolutionists generally no longer debate creation scientists.<ref>http://members.shaw.ca/mark.64/hcib/whowins.html</ref>
As noted earlier, a majority of the most prominent and vocal defenders of the naturalistic evolutionary position since [[World War II]] have been atheists.<ref>Dr. [[Don Batten]], [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/737/ A ''Who’s Who'' of evolutionists] ''Creation'' 20(1):32
December 1997.</ref><ref>[[Jonathan Sarfati]], Ph.D.,F.M., [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3830 ''Refuting Evolution'', Chapter 1, Facts and Bias]</ref> Robert Sloan, who was a director of the paleontology at the University of Minnesota, reluctantly admitted to a ''Wall Street Journal'' reporter that the "creationist tend to win" the public debates which focused on the creation vs. [[theory of evolution|evolution]] controversy.<ref>http://members.shaw.ca/mark.64/hcib/whowins.html</ref> In August of 1979, [[Henry Morris]] reported in an [[Institute for Creation Research]] letter the following: “By now, practically every leading evolutionary scientist in this country has declined one or more invitations to a scientific debate on creation/evolution.” .<ref>http://members.shaw.ca/mark.64/hcib/whowins.html</ref> Dr. Morris also reported the following regarding the creation scientist [[Duane Gish]] (who had over 300 formal debates): “At least in our judgment and that of most in the audiences, he always wins.” Generally speaking, leading evolutionists generally no longer debate creation scientists.<ref>http://members.shaw.ca/mark.64/hcib/whowins.html</ref>
== Other Well Known Proponents of Atheism ==
== Other Well Known Proponents of Atheism ==