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| − | [[File:PZ Myers.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|[[PZ Myers]], | + | [[File:PZ Myers.jpg|thumbnail|210px|right|[[PZ Myers]], |
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| | '''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 == |
| − | [[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]] ]] | + | [[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: |