University of Pharyngula?

One of the alternately entertaining and depressing things about the culture wars in the US is the existence of a sort of parallel academic universe, in the form of vanity universities like Oral Roberts University, Bob Jones University, and Jerry Fallwell's Liberty University. These provide both a thin veneer of credibility for pseudo-academic nonsense and a launching point for hilarious academic misconduct.

There's really nothing comparable on the militant atheist side. But here's your chance, Pharynguloids: Myers University is for sale:

Don't write the obituary for Myers University yet. The judge who granted a temporary restraining order on Monday to stall closure plans now says he hopes to help broker a sale.

Granted, I had never heard of Myers University before this morning, but you have to admit, this is a perfect opportunity. They even spell it correctly.

You'll have to act quickly, because they have a prospective buyer already lined up, but you're not going to get a better chance to have an atheist vanity university. Think of it-- you could put together a theology department staffed entirely by god-deniers, hire faculty and then censure them for going to church, have lurid affairs with department secretaries...

I think this is just what the culture wars need.

Hat-tip: Inside Higher Ed