PZ Myers

PZ Myers is a professor of biology at the University of Minnesota, Morris. He was named Humanist of the Year in 2009 by the American Humanist Association and received the International Humanist Award in 2011 from the International Humanist and Ethical Union. He has lectured throughout the world on biology, evolution, atheism and skepticism. His blog, Pharyngula, was named the Best Expert Blog by the Koufax Awards in 2005 and the Best Science Blog by the Weblog Awards in 2006. In 2006, the journal Nature listed Pharyngula as the top-ranked blog by a scientist. His book, The Happy Atheist, is now available in trade paperback from Vintage Books.

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Even an Increasingly Godless America Doesn't Trust an Atheist to Run the Country

American religiosity is rapidly declining, bit it's no surprise that this trend is met with resistance and fear.

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