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==Creation Science and the Evolutionary Science Community==
==Creation Science and the Evolutionary Science Community==
Creation science is not accepted by most scientists either in terms of its claims or as a science, on the pretext that it cannot be disproved and therefore cannot be considered "science".<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/19991013122341/http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/evolutionviews990816.html< /ref> However, creation scientists say that it is due mainly to the worldviews and preconceptions of the scientists, rather than on the basis of scientific evidence or scientific validity of the idea.
Creation science is not accepted by most scientists either in terms of its claims or as a science, on the pretext that it cannot be disproved and therefore cannot be considered "science".<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/19991013122341/http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/evolutionviews990816.html</ref> However, creation scientists say that it is due mainly to the worldviews and preconceptions of the scientists, rather than on the basis of scientific evidence or scientific validity of the idea.
Although a belief in God, does not automatically imply a belief in creation science, it is interesting to note that a poll among United States scientists showed that approximately 55% of scientists believed there is a God,<ref> http://www.ovpr.uga.edu/researchnews/97su/faith.html</ref> while a similar survey found that 93% of members of the [[United States National Academy of Sciences]] do not believe there is a God.<ref> http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v394/n6691/full/394313a0.html</ref>
Although a belief in God, does not automatically imply a belief in creation science, it is interesting to note that a poll among United States scientists showed that approximately 55% of scientists believed there is a God,<ref> http://www.ovpr.uga.edu/researchnews/97su/faith.html</ref> while a similar survey found that 93% of members of the [[United States National Academy of Sciences]] do not believe there is a God.<ref> http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v394/n6691/full/394313a0.html</ref>