Constant Claim: Scientist/academic=Atheist

One of the constant claims that appears time and time again is that Scientist/academics cannot be trusted in regards to judging "religious" matter as they will suppress any evidence that does not fit a materialist world view.The reason given for this (claimed) behaviour is that it is due to a lack of belief or being an atheist. A recent example of this can be found in the is man inherently good or inherently evil? thread.

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They deliberately suppress any connection of spiritual truths and attempt to construct theories devoid of any such reference. This is not any less biased, however, for many of these people merely want to get noticed in their own little circle of (mostly atheist) scholars.
  —phatboy

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I want this thread to have a very narrow focus - I want people who support this view to provide evidence that:a) Those involved in physical sciences are mostly atheist (therefore AT LEAST 51%)and/orb) Those involved in the social sciences/humanities are mostly atheist (therefore AT LEAST 51%)That is the start and end of the debate - we are NOT here to discuss other matters.This message has been edited by Charles Knight, 09-20-2004 03:49 PMThis message has been edited by Charles Knight, 09-20-2004 03:50 PM

plenty of the creationists make this claim - I'm sure they be only too happy to provide the evidence now they have a chance!

that not one of creationists wants to step up.

english translation anyone?

Willowtree has as you say got this entirely back to front and clearly had not read the first post properly.The ONLY focus of this thread is some stats that prove that academics and scientists are mostly atheist (51% or more).The actual issue of bias is NOT the matter under discussion.