Any such debate is universally considered religious, not scientific, by professional scientific organizations worldwide: in the scientific community, evolution is accepted as fact, Statement issued by the national science academies of 67 countries, including the U K's Royal Society and efforts to sustain the traditional view are universally regarded as pseudoscience. Whether ID Is Science, p. 83.: "Virtually no secular scientists accepted the doctrines of creation science; but that did not deter creation scientists from advancing scientific arguments for their position." While the controversy has a long history, today it has retreated to be mainly over what constitutes good science education, Context, p. 20. with the politics of creationism primarily focusing on the teaching of creationism in public education. Introduction, pp. 7–9, also Whether ID Is Science, pp. 64–89, and Promoting Religion, p. 90. Among majority-Christian countries, the debate is most prominent in the United States, where it may be portrayed as part of a culture war.
