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==Creation Science and the Evolutionary Science Community==
 
==Creation Science and the Evolutionary Science Community==
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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.
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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.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/news/scientific_american.asp</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>
 
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>
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