Please note the new date and room for this event below. CVAAS is hosting author David Fitzgerald for a speaking engagement regarding his new book. Details below.
| Time | Friday, June 24 · 7:00pm – 9:00pm |
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| Location | CSUF Campus, McLane Hall Room 162 5241 N. Maple Ave. Fresno, CA 93740 |
David Fitzgerald: “The Ten Thousand Christs and the Evaporating Jesus”
Why would anyone think Jesus never existed? Isn’t it perfectly reasonable to accept that he was a real first century figure? As it turns out, no. David Fitzgerald, author of the highly-praised new book Nailed: Ten Christian Myths That Show Jesus Never Existed At All, doesn’t just defend the Christ Myth theory, he goes on the offense and discusses the fatal flaws in the assumption that Jesus was a real historical figure, as well as how very different the historical record would be if there had been a real Jesus – even a merely mortal one…
Dave is a writer and historical researcher who has been actively investigating the Historical Jesus question for over ten years. Come hear him discuss, with research gathered from historians all across the theological spectrum, how the traditional image of Jesus simply doesn’t add up, and how the evidence points to a messiah transformed from a purely literary, theological construct into the familiar figure of Jesus – in short, a purely mythic Christ. Copies of Nailed will be available for purchase and signing. ($20, cash or checks only please)
Praise for David Fitzgerald’s
Nailed: Ten Christian Myths That Show Jesus Never Existed At All
Nailed has been voted by Atheism.About.com’s Reader’s Choice Awards as one of top five best Atheist/Agnostic Books of 2010.
“Fitzgerald’s is possibly the best ‘capsule summary’ of the mythicist case I’ve ever encountered …with an interesting and accessible approach.”
—Earl Doherty, author of The Jesus Puzzle
“Fitzgerald summarizes a great number of key arguments concisely and with new power and original spin. I really learned something from him. Recalls classical skeptics and biblical critics. A surprising amount of new material.”
—Robert M. Price, author of Deconstructing Jesus and The Incredible Shrinking Son of Man
“David Fitzgerald reveals himself to be the brightest new star in the firmament of scholars who deny historical reality to “Jesus of Nazareth.” His brilliance would have been sufficiently established had he done nothing more than illustrate and explain traditional arguments with a clarity and transparency never achieved…But he has done more. He has developed new arguments and insights as well…”
—Frank R. Zindler, editor of American Atheist Press and author of The Jesus the Jews Never Knew
“Fitzgerald has hit the nail on the head…A nice, readable introduction to the top ten problems typically swept under the rug by anyone insisting it’s crazy even to suspect Jesus might not have existed.”
—Richard C. Carrier, Ph.D., author of Not the Impossible Faith: Why Christianity Didn’t Need a Miracle to Succeed and the forthcoming book On the Historicity of Jesus Christ
