The claim that educated people don’t become Christians is easily disputed. Consider these Christian scientists and some of their contributions. Those listed are just a few among countless examples:
Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543) First to put forward the mathematics for planets going around the sun
Galileo (1564-1642) Discovered rings of Saturn; transitioned his time to modern science
Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) Scientific Method
Johann Kepler (1571-1630) Laws of Planetary Motion
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) Pascal’s Triangle; Hydraulic press; barometer
Isaac Newton (1642-1727) Law of Gravity
Samuel B. Morse (1791-1872) Telegraph; First Camera in US
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) Pasteurization
Lise Meitner (1878-1968) Nuclear Physics
John Polkinghorne (1930-Present) Particle Physics
Francis Collins (1950-Present) Human Genome Project
William Newsome (1952-Present) Neuroscientist; The Brain Initiative Project
Mike Hulme (1960-Present) Contributing to our understanding Climate Change