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[[File:PZ Myers.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|[[PZ Myers]],
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[[File:PZ Myers.jpg|thumbnail|210px|right|[[PZ Myers]],
 
(photo obtained from [http://www.flickr.com/photos/gavinzac/4328612187/ Flickr], see [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en  license agreement]) ]]
 
(photo obtained from [http://www.flickr.com/photos/gavinzac/4328612187/ Flickr], see [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en  license agreement]) ]]
 
'''Paul Zachary Myers''', better known as '''PZ Myers''', is a [[liberal]] [[evolutionist]] activist in the [[creation-evolution controversy]], contributing to [[The Panda's Thumb (blog)|The Panda's Thumb]] and [[Pharyngula (blog)|Pharyngula]] blogs.  Myers is also an associate [[professor]] of [[biology]] at the University of Minnesota Morris (UMM)<ref name="citypages">[http://citypages.com/databank/26/1303/article13908.asp?page=1 ''The Mad Scientist''] City Pages, Volume 26 - Issue 1303, November 23, 2005 Cover story</ref>
 
'''Paul Zachary Myers''', better known as '''PZ Myers''', is a [[liberal]] [[evolutionist]] activist in the [[creation-evolution controversy]], contributing to [[The Panda's Thumb (blog)|The Panda's Thumb]] and [[Pharyngula (blog)|Pharyngula]] blogs.  Myers is also an associate [[professor]] of [[biology]] at the University of Minnesota Morris (UMM)<ref name="citypages">[http://citypages.com/databank/26/1303/article13908.asp?page=1 ''The Mad Scientist''] City Pages, Volume 26 - Issue 1303, November 23, 2005 Cover story</ref>
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== PZ Myers and militant atheism ==
 
== PZ Myers and militant atheism ==
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[[Image:Stalin-140508 27880t.jpg|right|150px|thumb|PZ Myers has yet to offer any scholarly works concerning the [[atheism|atheist]] regimes of [[Joseph Stalin]], [[Mao Tse Tung]], [[Pol Pot]], and other atheistic regimes which committed mass murders on a unprecedented scale. See: [[Atheism and mass murder]] ]]
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[[Image:Stalin-140508 27880t.jpg|right|150px|thumb|PZ Myers has yet to offer any scholarly works concerning the murderous [[atheism|atheist]] regimes of [[Joseph Stalin]], [[Mao Tse Tung]], [[Pol Pot]], and others. See: [[Atheism and mass murder]] ]]
 
PZ Myers is an outspoken [[atheism|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 an outspoken [[atheism|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:
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