In August of 2017 PZ Myers renounced the [[atheist movement]] at large and wrote:
{{Cquote|Atheism has squandered its momentum on a defensive old guard and apologists for neglect of events happening in our world. I’m going to have to suggest that we all abandon it. Let’s find an organization that openly states that they want to dismantle the structures of [[white supremacy]] and [[sexism|sexist]] oppression.<refname="freethoughtblogs.com">[https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/08/26/get-out-a-message-for-the-atheist-movement/ Get Out! A message for the atheist movement] by PZ Myers</ref>}}
Atheist [[Michael Nugent]] said of Myers:
It is incredible to think that reasonable people once took him seriously.<ref>[http://www.michaelnugent.com/2016/01/24/delusional-smears-of-pz-myers/ The increasingly delusional smears of PZ Myers] by Michael Nugent</ref>}}
In August of 2017, Myers indicated that he considers [[humanism]] to have a more promising future than the atheist movement ([[Secular humanism]] is an atheistic form of humanism. Myers is referring to secular humanism when he declared humanism has a more promising future).<refname="freethoughtblogs.com">[https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/08/26/get-out-a-message-for-the-atheist-movement/ Get Out! A message for the atheist movement] by PZ Myers</ref>
However, in October of 2017, Myers wrote to his fellow [[progressivism|progressive]] atheists: "We need to just reclaim the title of Atheism as our own."<ref>[https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/10/31/another-attempt-to-divorce-atheism-from-the-asswaffles/ "Another attempt to divorce atheism from the asswaffles"]</ref> Myers, like the [[American Atheists]] president [[David Silverman]], probably recognizes that many people don't know what the word humanism means (Research indicates that 90% of Americans don't know what the word humanism means).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5y7lRhTpHo Why Call Yourself An Atheist?]</ref>
== Rebuke of PZ Myers by the atheist Michael Nugent relative to the area of social justice ==