By S.J. Velasquez

(UNDATED) P.Z. Myers’ Twitter bio reads, “godless liberal biologist.”

The avid atheist is far from alone in the cyber world. He has more than 7,700 followers who subscribe to his atheism- and evolution-themed Internet updates.

When Myers led about 300 like-minded evolutionists to the Creation Museum, thousands more followed along via the Internet, avidly anticipating each 140-character “tweet” about the Kentucky center, which renounces evolution in favor of a Bible-based view of natural history.

“It’s a very peculiar medium,” Myers said of Twitter. “I can also see that it is quite useful.”

Social networking sites and microblog hosts like Twitter are drawing atheists and agnostics out of seclusion and giving them a platform on which they can discuss and debate their religious beliefs—or lack thereof—with the world.

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I am actually quite grateful for the opportunity to read these viewpoints and address them.

I appreciate the dialogue and opportunity for give and take in the public forum.

Having managed TheRelgionForum.com for many years, this is not as much a new experience for me as a broader one.

We start with honesty and respect and move on from there.

Now if we can coax some Christians out of hiding …