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[[File:David Silverman Reason Rally.jpg|thumbnail|left|300px|[[David Silverman]] ]]
 
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Despite his books many shortcomings, which fellow atheist Vlad Chituc pointed out, [[David Silverman]], the president of the [[American Atheists]],  said of his book ''Fighting God'': "...I am very proud of it as you can tell."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8HZ0e9N51Q David Silverman : Fighting God]
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Despite his books many shortcomings, [[David Silverman]], the president of the [[American Atheists]],  said of his book ''Fighting God'': "...I am very proud of it as you can tell."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8HZ0e9N51Q David Silverman : Fighting God]
 
*[http://religiondispatches.org/how-not-to-defend-atheism/ How Not To Defend Atheism] by Vlad Chituc, University of Southern California's ''Religious Dispatches'', 2015</ref>
 
*[http://religiondispatches.org/how-not-to-defend-atheism/ How Not To Defend Atheism] by Vlad Chituc, University of Southern California's ''Religious Dispatches'', 2015</ref>
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Chituc wrote at the University of Southern California's ''Religious Dispatches'' about Silverman's book containing inaccurate claims:
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Fellow atheist Vlad Chituc wrote at the University of Southern California's ''Religious Dispatches'' about Silverman's book containing inaccurate claims:
 
{{cquote|This leads Silverman to make some wildly inaccurate claims. He argues that more than half of Jews and three-quarters of the rapidly growing religiously unaffiliated are atheists. But according to Pew, only 17% of Jews and 33% of the “[[nones]]” say they don’t believe in God. If you want to count the “don’t knows” or “others,” that gets to about 20% and 40%, respectively, at best.
 
{{cquote|This leads Silverman to make some wildly inaccurate claims. He argues that more than half of Jews and three-quarters of the rapidly growing religiously unaffiliated are atheists. But according to Pew, only 17% of Jews and 33% of the “[[nones]]” say they don’t believe in God. If you want to count the “don’t knows” or “others,” that gets to about 20% and 40%, respectively, at best.
  
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