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→American Humanist Association and the slogan good without God
The American [[Secular humanism|Humanist]] Association uses this slogan very prominently on their website.
The American [[Secular humanism|Humanist]] Association uses this slogan very prominently on their website.
=== PZ Myers: Humanist awards and his bestiality comments and other ill-behavior ===
[[PZ Myers]] received the American Humanist Association's 2009 Humanist of the Year award and International Humanist Award in 2011.
=== Atheist animal trainer objects to PZ Myers' comments about bestiality ===
''See also:'' [[Atheism and bestiality]] and [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]] and [[PZ Myers on bestiality]]
[[File:PzMyers2.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|[[PZ Myers]] declared, "...I don’t object to bestiality in a very limited set of specific conditions..."<ref name="achilles">[http://templestream.blogspot.com/2012/08/atheist-achilles-heels-objective.html Atheist Achilles Heels: Objective Morality and Sacred Life]</ref><ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/05/22/the-objective-morality-gotcha/ The “objective morality” gotcha]</ref>
<small>(photo obtained from [http://www.flickr.com/photos/reuvenim/4426093513/ Flickr], see [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en license agreement])</small> ]]
[[Bestiality]] is the act of engaging in sexual relations with an animal.
On May 22, 2012, PZ Myers specifies under what conditions he thinks the practice of bestiality would be acceptable.<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/05/22/the-objective-morality-gotcha/ The “objective morality” gotcha], PZ Myers, May 22, 2012</ref>
On November 14, 2014, an atheist animal trainer wrote in response:
{{cquote|We now have the PZ Myers [[Humanism|Humanist]] Guide to Bestiality:
*1. IF you are interested in having sex with an animal, AND;
*2. That animal is willing to have sex with you, AND;
*3. No real harm comes to the animal, AND;
*4. You can avoid social stigma by hiding your act;
>> THEN sex with an animal is ethical...
PZ Myers possesses numerous character flaws that make him ill-suited as an A/S/humanism spokesperson and representative: his explosive temper; his violence-tinged threats; his foul language; his preference for personal insults over reasoned debate; his propensity to smear and slander any & all who oppose him;..his willingness to abandon skepticism and science to serve the pomo constructs of radical feminism and social justice warriordom.
Of all these, nothing is more odious, repulsive, or damaging to the reputation of A/S & humanist activism, than Myers’ condoning of bestiality.<ref>[http://skeptischism.com/atheismneat/2014/11/14/pz-myers-animal-lover/ PZ Myers, Animal Lover]</ref>}}
=== Rebuke of PZ Myers by fellow atheists concerning his ill-behavior ===
[[File:Michael Nugent.jpg|thumbnail|left|175px|[[Michael Nugent]] ]]
''See also:'' [[PZ Myers and social justice]] and [[Atheism and social justice]]
The Irish atheist [[Michael Nugent]] wrote to PZ Myers in September 2014:
{{cquote|Some of the content of your blog is hurtful and unjust in itself, it also undermines the effectiveness of attempts to promote compassion and empathy and social justice, and it is additionally harmful because of your prominence as a perceived spokesperson for organised atheism...
PZ, is this really how you want to be remembered? Having defended you against unjust attacks from others, I am now asking you to take a long hard look at what you are doing, consider apologising to people who you have unjustly hurt and defamed, and start focusing on actually promoting compassion and empathy and social justice if those ideas are important to you.<ref>[http://www.michaelnugent.com/2014/09/19/the-lbj-legend-and-my-email-to-pz-myers/ The LBJ legend and my email to PZ Myers] by Michael Nugent on September 19, 2014</ref>}}
In April 2015, Atheist Ireland announced, "Atheist Ireland is publicly dissociating itself from the hurtful and dehumanising, hateful and violent, unjust and defamatory rhetoric of the atheist blogger PZ Myers."<ref>[http://www.michaelnugent.com/2015/04/07/atheist-ireland-dissociates-from-pz-myers/ Atheist Ireland publicly dissociates itself from the harmful and hateful rhetoric of PZ Myers] by Michael Nugent, April 7, 2015</ref> The atheist biologist Massimo Pigliucci said of Myers, "one cannot conclude this parade without mentioning P.Z. Myers, who has risen to fame because of a blog where the level of nastiness (both by the host and by his readers) is rarely matched anywhere else on the Internet...".<ref>[http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/piggliucci20150513 Reflections on the skeptic and atheist movements] By Massimo Pigliucci ''Scientia Salon'', Posted: May 13, 2015</ref>
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