From Hebrew school to becoming America's leading Atheist
CNN
By Dan Merica
MARYLAND - Sitting in a chilly hotel hospitality suite in a suburban Maryland hotel, David Silverman plans his attack. As a kid in Massachusetts, Silverman was the only atheist he knew. Silverman was raised Jewish. His parents sent him to Hebrew school and he had a bar mitzvah, even after telling his mother that he did not believe in God. “I remember it clearly, getting up on stage and everybody in my life was in front of me. Everyone,” Silverman says, recalling his bar mitzvah. “And I stood up there, and I looked everyone in the eye, and I lied. I lied. And I hated it.” For Silverman, it was a turning point, a moment when he resolved not to lie about his disbelief. [link]
By Dan Merica
MARYLAND - Sitting in a chilly hotel hospitality suite in a suburban Maryland hotel, David Silverman plans his attack. As a kid in Massachusetts, Silverman was the only atheist he knew. Silverman was raised Jewish. His parents sent him to Hebrew school and he had a bar mitzvah, even after telling his mother that he did not believe in God. “I remember it clearly, getting up on stage and everybody in my life was in front of me. Everyone,” Silverman says, recalling his bar mitzvah. “And I stood up there, and I looked everyone in the eye, and I lied. I lied. And I hated it.” For Silverman, it was a turning point, a moment when he resolved not to lie about his disbelief. [link]
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