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I'm pretty sure I've seen a study that the majority of scientists are not atheists; at most, a plurality including atheists and agnostic. thus, rewording
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'''Science''', unlike other academic fields, is not just a body of knowledge but also a methodology for discovering and classifying knowledge. The scope of science encompasses all physical phenomena, but there is more for scientists to study than the material world and natural processes. Science falls under two scopes: [[natural science]], dealing with the physical, natural world, and [[social science]], dealing with society and human nature.
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'''Science''', unlike other academic fields, is not just a body of knowledge but also a methodology for discovering and classifying knowledge. The scope of science encompasses all physical phenomena, but there is more for scientists to study than the material world and natural processes. Science falls under two scopes: [[natural science]], dealing with the physical, natural world, and [[social science]], dealing with society and human nature. People who study science are called [[scientist]]s, and many of them are [[atheism|atheists]].<ref>http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/atheism1.htm</ref> However, some of history's greatest thinkers, such as [[Isaac Newton]] and [[Albert Einstein]], believed in [[God]], or some other higher power.
 
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People who study science are called [[scientist]]s, and the majority of them are [[atheism|atheists]].<ref>http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/atheism1.htm</ref>
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However, most of the early scientists who started many of the scientific fields, and some of history's greatest thinkers, such as [[Isaac Newton]] and [[Albert Einstein]], believed in [[God]], or some other higher power, if they were not actually creationists. In addition, [[Christianity]] [[Christianity and Science|played a pivotal role in the development of modern science]].
      
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