指出广为谣传的大部分科学家信教的事实错误，所谓顶尖科学家就是NAS的，以下 是资料引用：
Nature 394, 313 (1998)
Title: Leading scientists still reject God
Our chosen group of "greater" scientists were members of the National Academ y of Sciences (NAS).
Comparison of survey answers among "greater" scientists
| Belief in personal God | 1914 | 1933 | 1998 |
| Personal belief | 27.7 | 15 | 7.0 |
| Personal disbelief | 52.7 | 68 | 72.2 |
| Doubt or agnosticism | 20.9 | 17 | 20.8 |
| Belief in human immortality | 1914 | 1933 | 1998 |
| Personal belief | 35.2 | 18 | 7.9 |
| Personal disbelief | 25.4 | 53 | 76.7 |
| Doubt or agnosticism | 43.7 | 29 | 23.3 |
其实不仅仅是顶尖科学家，算上科学家整体也是，信教比例高很多，但也没有过 半，有兴趣的话看下面这个，
http://kspark.kaist.ac.kr/Jesus/Intelligence%20&%20religion.htm