David Fitzgerald (author)

For other people named David Fitzgerald, see David Fitzgerald (disambiguation).

David Fitzgerald
Born	26 December 1964(1964-12-26) Clovis, California
Occupation	Writer
Genres	History, Religion

David Fitzgerald is an American author, public speaker, historical researcher, and atheist activist.

Biography

Fitzgerald currently holds a degree in history from California State University, Fresno and has been actively researching the historicity of Jesus for over ten years. Formerly an associate member of the defunct Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion, Fitzgerald now serves on the boards of the San Francisco Atheists^[1] and the San Francisco branch of the Center for Inquiry.^[2] He is also the director and founder of the first Atheist Film Festival, as well as San Francisco's oldest Darwin Day celebration, Evolutionpalooza.^[3]

Career

Public speaking

Fitzgerald lectures across the nation at secular events and universities. He is best known for his multimedia presentations "The Ten Thousand Christs and the Evaporating Jesus" as well as "The Complete Heretic's Guide to Western Religion". In November 2010 he presented his research at Skepticon 3 in a presentation titled Examining the Existence of a Historical Jesus.^[4]

Writing

Fitzgerald entered the non-fiction arena with his self-published book Nailed: Ten Christian Myths That Show Jesus Never Existed At All.^[5] Nailed details what he presents as ten myths surrounding Jesus and aims to show evidence that he never existed.

References

1. ^ http://sfatheists.com/
2. ^ http://www.centerforinquiry.net/sf
3. ^ http://www.darwinday.org/events/index.php?id=13306
4. ^ Fitzgerald, David. "Skepticon 3". Existence of a Historical Jesus. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvleOBYTrDE. Retrieved 25 October 2011. 
5. ^ Fitzgerald, David. Nailed: Ten Christian Myths That Show Jesus Never Existed at All. Lulu, 2010. ISBN 978-0557709915

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Name	Fitzgerald, David
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Date of birth	26 December 1964
Place of birth	Clovis, California
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