David Fitzgerald (author)

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

David Fitzgerald at Sexy Secular, October 2014
Born (1964-12-26)26 December 1964
Clovis, California
Occupation Writer
Nationality American
Genre History, Religion
Spouse Dana Fitzgerald

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

Biography

Fitzgerald 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

In 2010 Fitzgerald self-published his 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 "Jesus may have been a figure of legend". In 2013 he released "The Mormons" (full title "The Complete Heretic's Guide to Western Religion Book One: The Mormons") ISBN 978-1482773347, Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (May 15, 2013)

References

  1. Who We Are - San Francisco Atheists
  2. David Fitzgerald, Center for Inquiry
  3. David Fitzgerald, Secular Student Alliance
  4. Fitzgerald, David. "Skepticon 3". Existence of a Historical Jesus. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  5. Fitzgerald, David. Nailed: Ten Christian Myths That Show Jesus Never Existed at All. Lulu, 2010. ISBN 978-0-557-70991-5

External links

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