What has Christianity truly contributed to humanity

[Bucky Ball]

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While 93 percent of the members of the National Academy of Sciences,
one of the most elite scientific organizations in the United States, do not believe in God, ... is true,
https://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comment...l_academy/
the entire discussion is invalid in Logic.

It is an example of the "argumentum ad vericundiam", (the argument from authority) fallacy.

Their expertise is in science, not religions, philosophy or history.

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here's a free one that's better than reddit.  

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Stirrat, M., Cornwell, R.E. Eminent scientists reject the supernatural: a survey of the Fellows of the Royal Society. Evo Edu Outreach 6, 33 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1186/1936-6434-6-33

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Which shows that our British counterparts agree. It's not a logically unsound argument though.
I'm not arguing that they are the authority on anything. I argue that their self-identity classifies them as Christian, and as such, within their field they have contributed to society. I don't think you can separate the who they claim from the who they are. Not that it matters. In some way part of who they are is/was Christian. Their Christianity may have zero bearing on their scientific contribution, but it can't be divorced from who they are. Therefore it meets the definition of Christian contribution.

I disagree. They are invoked FIRST and primarily because they are scientists, not Christians. They have contributed as scientists, not "as Christians". These scientists *happen to be* Christian. They would not have even been invoked if they were not scientists. Christian scientists don't have their own scientific method, different from all the rest of science.