David Fitzgerald - Jesus: Mything in Action

Jesus: Mything in Action

Volume I

The Complete Heretics Guide to Western Religion,

Book Two:
Jesus: Mything in Action (vol. I)

Copyright (c) 2016 by David Fitzgerald

All Rights Reserved

Printed in the United States of America

Published by Create Space

ISBN-13:

9781542858885

ISBN-10:

1542858887

Jesus: Mything in Action

By

David Fitzgerald

Volume I

Other Books by David Fitzgerald

Nailed: Ten Christian Myths That Show Jesus Never Existed At All

Books in The Complete Heretics Guide to Western Religion Series

Book One: The Mormons

Book Two: Jesus: Mything in Action (vol. I)

Book Three: Jesus: Mything in Action (vol. II)

Book Four: Jesus: Mything in Action (vol. III)

Forthcoming:

Sex & Violence in the Bible

The Jehovahs Witnesses

Christmas

Satan!

Dedicated with love to all the people who over the years have said to me:

Oh, I know he wasnt the Son of God, but Im sure there really was a Jesus

and all the people who confided in me that they always suspected there wasnt

Praise for Jesus: Mything in Action

My new favorite book! David takes the reader on a (de)mystifying journey into and then out of the dreamscape I once held as reality. Every page is yet another step up and out of the modern-day-evangelicals very own Platonian cave. My only disappointment is that he didnt write this book thirty years ago! It would have saved me half a lifetime of chasing shadows and searching for someone who still remains mything in action.

Jerry DeWitt, Author of Hope After Faith

A brilliant read. Jesus: Mything in Action is the definitive guide to Jesuss historicity. Its a masterpiece of scholarship that will be studied for decades to come.

Peter Boghossian, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Portland State University and author of A Manual for Creating Atheists

It's not hard to convince atheists that God doesn't exist, but denying the existence of Jesus ? Most of us have never even considered that possibility. David Fitzgerald walks us through why that's such an important question and then makes a strong case for why biblical scholars and casual church-goers should take a second look at an assumption they've long taken for granted.

Hemant Mehta, Editor of FriendlyAtheist.com

A thorough and entertaining survey of whats wrong with secular scholarship on Jesus, why most scholarship on Jesus isnt really secular, and why the possibility that Jesus was mythical needs to be taken seriously. Every Jesus-myth enthusiast will want to read and reference this one. His demonstration that an alarming number of Jesus scholars are actually contractually required to deny mythicism is alone worth the price of admission. His also revealing the embarrassing truth of how historicist scholars contrive even more flawed or ridiculous theories than mythicists is just gravy.

Richard C. Carrier, Ph.D., author of On the Historicity of Jesus

David Fitzgerald: one of our liveliest, wittiest writers and a scrupulously thorough researcher. As entertaining as The Mormons and as carefully, scholarly, detailed and truthful. And thats well deserved high praise.

For the rest of my life, when Christians challenge me on my criticisms of the truth of their tales and the worth of their piety, I will just say, Read David Fitzgeralds Jesus: Mything in Action and then get back to me.

Fitzgerald has provided us with the most readable, engaging, scholarly, and utterly thorough dismantling of biblical Christianity and both the Jesus of faith and Jesus of history I couldve ever even imagined. My fellow citizens of Heretic Nation (as Fitzgerald fondly calls us) and I now have all we need for giving the Christian apologists reasons to backpedal and plenty to apologize for.

Ed Buckner, Former President of American Atheists (retired)

With this book, Fitzgerald brings forth his best work yet, targeting an audience that is generally open-minded, smart, educated, skeptical, and evidence based. Yet, there are atheists, non-believers, freethinkers and overall believe-in-god-challenged people who are still convinced Jesus was a real historical person. On this I say the author is mistaken this exceptional book should target all those who care about what is true yes, including Christians. This outstanding book provides a remarkable amount of evidence that clearly exposes the myth of a historical Jesus and it backs it up with a great wealth of references giving the reader little option but to be a militant agnostic about Jesus historicity. Even with a treasure-trove of information, this book is an easy read for anyone high school and up. The detailed approach to each piece of evidence and their link to each other, as well as the right amount of pages to present such evidence, its compelling logic, and the brilliant presentation makes Jesus: Mything in Action one of the best books Ive read in recent years.

David Tamayo, President & Founder Hispanic American Freethinkers, Inc.

As Charles Darwin drew upon the evidence in the natural world around him for the conclusions presented in The Origin of Species , so does David Fitzgerald with regard to history. In Jesus: Mything in Action , he reviews the evidence we have as well as the evidence we should have but dont, how we ended up with what we do have, and what that all might mean for the myth of Jesus. With a high-level overview followed by meticulous examination on each point, Davids writing is conversational, fun, and accessible to laypersons and academics alike - while providing a veritable treasure map of resources for anyone looking to dig deeper.

Lyz Liddell, Executive Director of Reason Rally 2016

For many years now I have said, I am a 50% mythicist. I have read, studied and observed the debate and scholarship for decades; however, I wasnt quite there yet and still had a lot of questions. After reading Jesus: Mything in Action , I am now a 172% mythicist. However, this is not just a book on the mythicist debate, David Fitzgerald turned my view of the New Testament and early Christian writings upside down. A view and understanding that I have had since my studies began as an undergraduate. If you have read Ehrman, Price, Carrier, or any number of other authors, this book brings them all together and clears away the fog.

Darrel Ray, Ed.D., author of The God Virus , and Sex and God

Jesus: Mything in Action , David Fitzgerald's follow-up to Nailed , asks piercing questions that won't go away. If Christianity began with a historical Jesus, then where is he? Why is he a no-show in every written work outside of the gospels? And if we can trace the literary and theological antecedents of every gospel story, is the historical Jesus even necessary? David takes us on a gripping journey through time to show where the myths of the heavenly Christ as well as the legends of the historical Jesus came from. But no matter where or when we look, Jesus of Nazareth himself is the man who wasn't there. Don't myth it!

Tim Widowfield of Vridar.org

Who was the real Jesus? There is no consensus. There is the Catholic Jesus, the Orthodox Jesus, the Muslim Jesus, and many more. They cant all be right. What if they are all wrong? In Jesus: Mything in Action , David Fitzgerald explores the Jesus of Faith and the Jesus of History which ultimately leads him to ask the question, Did Jesus really exist? With wit, insight, and an immense amount of research, this startling book makes a compelling case to support the Jesus Myth theory. I really enjoyed this book and think you will too.

Dr. Karen Stollznow, linguist, author of Hits & Mrs., Language Myths, Mysteries and Magic , God Bless America , Haunting America and Would You Believe It? and host of the Monster Talk podcast