Steve asked for a list of six great scientists who have been spurred on in their research by the bible. Unfortunately, that is too vague to be answerable. Prior to say the late 1800s the majority of scientists in the west would have called themselves Christian with various degrees of enthusiasm. In many cases, for example, it was a condition of employment as a lecturer or teacher. And many of them would be involved in religious services frequently, whether at church, university formal meetings or other such things, where they had frequent exposure to Bible readings. So finding six hundred people should not in itself be too difficult. The crux really is whether that 'spurred on" their work, and I can't see how that is decidable. Remember it is 'spurred on', not actually a part of the research or even directly inspiring the work. Even a general concept of 'improving the world' could in part by spurred on like that.