As noted earlier, a majority of the most prominent and vocal defenders of the [[evolution|naturalistic evolutionary position]] since [[World War II]] have been holders of the world view of atheism.<ref>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]], [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3830 ''Refuting Evolution'', Chapter 1, Facts and Bias]</ref> [[Atheism and Debate|Creation scientists tend to win the Creation-Evolution debates]] and many debates have been held since the 1970's (particularly in the [[United States]]). Generally speaking, [[Atheism and Debate|leading evolutionists generally no longer debate creation scientists.]]<ref>http://www.icr.org/article/811/</ref> In an article entitled ''Are Kansas Evolutionists Afraid of a Fair Debate?'' the [[Discovery Institute]] states the following: | As noted earlier, a majority of the most prominent and vocal defenders of the [[evolution|naturalistic evolutionary position]] since [[World War II]] have been holders of the world view of atheism.<ref>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]], [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3830 ''Refuting Evolution'', Chapter 1, Facts and Bias]</ref> [[Atheism and Debate|Creation scientists tend to win the Creation-Evolution debates]] and many debates have been held since the 1970's (particularly in the [[United States]]). Generally speaking, [[Atheism and Debate|leading evolutionists generally no longer debate creation scientists.]]<ref>http://www.icr.org/article/811/</ref> In an article entitled ''Are Kansas Evolutionists Afraid of a Fair Debate?'' the [[Discovery Institute]] states the following: |