The Myth of Jesus with David Fitzgerald - Episode 01
Channel: planksip®
Date: 28/09/2021

David Fitzgerald has been called “one of the busiest atheist activists in the Bay Area.” In addition to serving on the board of San Francisco Atheists and CFI-SF, he has also been the Director/Co-Founder of both the world’s first Atheist Film Festival and Evolutionpalooza!, San Francisco’s oldest annual Darwin Day celebration.

0:00 Satanic Preface with opening remarks by Scott Heftler, Ph.D. 
2:52 Introducing David Fitzgerald, his origin story and the plurality of Jesus
5:35 Raphael Lataster — will Raphael be a guest speaker on a future episode?
11:02 David's writing style — very deliberate and intention
12:28 Introducing Bart Ehrman and our GoFundme
17:31 Is there any way to distinguish a Mythicist from a non-Mythicist.
26:15 What did saving mean for the mystery cults? And for the pro-Christians what did saving mean?
27:33 What was the ultimate plan of this "descending" Jesus?
29:42 David describes the dionysian influence on the Christ myth.
30:55 The Constantine controversy
32:28 The borrowing of ideas is a Good thing. 
38:25 "Back then, being a literalist ... " (SCOTT)
48:47 To control or not to control? That is not the question. 
50:42 The idea of Jesus as an avatar/re-incarnation of Yahweh (the name we can not say) and the inspiration for Jesus.
55:36 This wisdom of Socrates? What is it "Good" for?
57:01 Clarification of all that "sex stuff". 
1:06:21 We are novel seeking queerants? It's human nature! — And the book of Ester — "lot's of sex in it."
1:13:32 Contradictions in faith
1:15:43 Do you think the son of man character is primary like Bart Ehrman?
1:18:18 My last question and the crossing of the rubicon. Myth or historically accurate?
1:21:14 Miracle mockery including the Shroud of Turin.
1:22:33 Watching the bio pick with Tom Hanks and Mr. Rogers

In addition, he is an author and historical researcher who has been actively investigating the Historical Jesus question for over eighteen years. He has a degree in history and was an associate member of CSER (the former Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion). He lectures around the world at universities, churches and national secular events, and also speaks to religious groups. David lives in San Francisco with his wife—writer, producer and movie actress Dana Fredsti.

They have a new science-fiction trilogy, TIME SHARDS, from Titan books. David’s latest book is Jesus: Mything in Action (the follow-up book to his NAILED: Ten Christian Myths that Show Jesus Never Existed at All) and the newest addition to his new series, The Complete Heretic’s Guide to Western Religion.

A Short List of Topics David is Eager and Qualified to Talk About:

“Jesus: Mything in Action” Argues why the “Real Jesus” of secular historians is just as mythical as the “Jesus of Faith” – and why the argument matters to atheists, no matter if Jesus really existed or not.
“Sexy Violence! Violent Sex! The Weird-ass Morality of the Bible” IS every sperm sacred? Was Paul gay? Where’s MY concubines? The latest presentation from David Fitzgerald asks these and other important biblical morality questions. A hard-hitting and hilarious investigative report on how the Bible is even more twisted than you already thought (note: As you may guess, this talk gets a little racy & contains strong language)
“The Complete Heretic’s Guide to Western Religion: Mormonism” – Drags all the skeletons out from Joseph Smiths' closet.
David can also put together humorous and informative presentations on most of the other topics in the CFI Bureau Topics and Sub-topics lists.
Watch below as David gives his presentation titled “The Ten Thousand Christs and the Evaporating Jesus”:

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Scott Heftler is a Ph.D. Philosopher at The University of Texas at Austin with specialties in Early Modern philosophy, Madhyamika, historical Christianity, Kant, and the Frankfurt School.

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