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→Atheist PZ Myers says atheists are largely a population of internet nerds and geeks
In 2011, fellow [[New Atheism|New Atheist]] and evolutionist [[Richard Dawkins]] was also criticized for his social ineptitude due to the events surrounding [[Elevatorgate]] incident (see also: [[Abrasiveness of Richard Dawkins]] and [[Women's views of Richard Dawkins]]),
In 2011, fellow [[New Atheism|New Atheist]] and evolutionist [[Richard Dawkins]] was also criticized for his social ineptitude due to the events surrounding [[Elevatorgate]] incident (see also: [[Abrasiveness of Richard Dawkins]] and [[Women's views of Richard Dawkins]]),
== Prediction that atheism movement will stagnate or shrink unless atheists change ==
See also: [[Global atheism|Decline of global atheism]] and
On September 27, 2014 in a blog post entitled ''The Atheist Disillusionment'', PZ Myers declared:
{{cquote|I will make a prediction, right here and now.... The number of people identifying as [[atheism|atheists]] will stagnate or even shrink, because organized atheism is happily in the process of destroying itself with regressive social attitudes, scandals, and their bizarre focus on irrelevant metaphysical differences that don’t help people...
Unless we change.
I don’t know that we can.<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2014/09/27/the-atheist-disillusionment/ ''The Atheist Disillusionment''] - PZ Myers]], September 27, 2014</ref>}}
== Atheist PZ Myers says atheists are largely a population of internet nerds and geeks ==
== Atheist PZ Myers says atheists are largely a population of internet nerds and geeks ==