David Silverman - "Fighting the Lie of God"
Washington State University, Tri-Cities Campus
2710 University Dr
Washington
46.3303284
-119.26647100000002
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NOTE: THIS EVENT PAGE HAS BEEN CREATED TO GET THE WORD OUT. NO TICKETS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THIS EVENT. ENTRANCE TO THE VENUE WILL BE ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVE BASIS. IT DOES HELP IF YOU "BUY" A TICKET THOUGH SO WE CAN ANTICIPATE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ATTENDING.The Tri-City Freethinkers present David Silverman, the firebrand president of American Atheists and one of the best-known atheists in America. Known as "America's loudest heathen," a term he embraces proudly, Silverman is passionate about atheism and atheist equality. He has appeared on several TV programs for on-air debates, including, The O'Reilly Factor, Hannity & Colmes, Scarborough Country, and CNN's Paula Zahn NOW. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and child. His first book, Fighting God: An Atheist Manifesto for a Religious World, will be available in December of this year.Silverman was raised Jewish and went through the standard religious education, but never believed. In college, he engaged in many debates with Orthodox Jews, but, since Silverman's style is fierce but not insulting, he became very good friends with many of his opponents, eventually marrying one of them.Across the Internet and on TV, Silverman has been called rude, uncaring, and fascist (the latter by Bill O'Reilly), but the readers of Fighting God will realize he is none of those things. His methods ruffle feathers, but they work, and they work for the good of all people (except those who make money with religion). As Silverman's Jewish mother told him on her death bed, he not only helps atheists, but every person in any religious minority, because in the end, he fights only for the equality that is due all of us.Today, after nearly 20 years in activism, Silverman is arguably America's best-known atheist activist. In Fighting God, Silverman lays out why telling people God doesn't exist and religion is a lie is not only effective, but downright nice.
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Start:
2015-09-26T15:00:00-07:00
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2015-09-26T16:30:00-07:00
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