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PZ Myers is a [[militant atheism|militant atheist]] who has openly advocated the elimination of religion, likening it to illiteracy.<ref>http://www.atheistrev.com/2008/03/pz-myers-on-eliminating-religion.html</ref>

PZ Myers is a [[militant atheism|militant atheist]] who has openly advocated the elimination of religion, likening it to illiteracy.<ref>http://www.atheistrev.com/2008/03/pz-myers-on-eliminating-religion.html</ref>

His language is extremely militant at times, and laced with expletives.  In a diatribe in which he described those who believe in the Bible as "lunatics" and "bigots," Myers said:

His language is extremely militant at times, and laced with expletives.  In a diatribe in which he described those who believe in the Bible as "lunatics" and "bigots," Myers said: "I say, screw the polite words and careful rhetoric. It's time for scientists to break out the steel-toed boots and brass knuckles, and get out there and hammer on the lunatics and idiots."<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20070420142719/http://pharyngula.org/index/weblog/comments/perspective/</ref>

{{cquote|I say, screw the polite words and careful rhetoric. It's time for scientists to break out the steel-toed boots and brass knuckles, and get out there and hammer on the lunatics and idiots.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20070420142719/http://pharyngula.org/index/weblog/comments/perspective/</ref>}}

PZ Myers frequently rants against religion, religious people, and religious institutions (e.g. churches) on his blog. Myers has called evangelical Christianity "a blight upon the earth,"<ref>[http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/03/13/left-or-right-religion-and-pol/ Left or right, religion and politics don’t mix]</ref> religious people "ignorant, deluded, wicked, foolish, or oppressed victims of obsolete mythologies,"<ref>[http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/07/11/im-surrounded/ I’m surrounded! Posted by PZ Myers on July 11, 2007]</ref> and considers every church to be a "parasitic institution that contributes nothing to the tax base and encourages further ignorance in the population."<ref>[http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/07/18/how-do-you-save-small-town-cha/ How do you save small town charm?], Posted by PZ Myers on July 18, 2007</ref>   

PZ Myers frequently rants against religion, religious people, and religious institutions (e.g. churches) on his blog. Myers has called evangelical Christianity "a blight upon the earth,"<ref>[http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/03/13/left-or-right-religion-and-pol/ Left or right, religion and politics don’t mix]</ref> religious people "ignorant, deluded, wicked, foolish, or oppressed victims of obsolete mythologies,"<ref>[http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/07/11/im-surrounded/ I’m surrounded! Posted by PZ Myers on July 11, 2007]</ref> and considers every church to be a "parasitic institution that contributes nothing to the tax base and encourages further ignorance in the population."<ref>[http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/07/18/how-do-you-save-small-town-cha/ How do you save small town charm?], Posted by PZ Myers on July 18, 2007</ref>