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Encyclopedia > Freethinker

The word freethinker has different meanings:

  • A freethinker is a proponent of the philosophical practice known as Freethinking, thus being a practitioner of Freethought.
  • The Freethinker (journal) , the oldest surviving secularist publication in the world, first published in 1881.
  • The Freethinker (movie), the English title of a movie which was called Fritänkaren in Swedish, directed in 1994 by Peter Watkins.
  • The Freethinker (newspaper), a Whig newspaper founded in 1718 by Ambrose Philips and Hugh Boulter. Sometimes titled The Free-Thinker.
  • Freethought Association of West Michigan: The Freethought Association of West Michigan provides a community for freethinkers to explore ideas from a rational, scientific, and non-theistic perspective.

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What Is A Freethinker? (0 words)
Freethinkers recognize that there is much chaos, ugliness and pain in the universe for which any explanation of origins must also account.
Freethinkers are convinced that religious claims have not withstood the tests of reason.
Freethinkers see no pride in the blind maintenance of ancient superstitions or self-effacing prostration before divine tyrants known only through primitive "revelations." Freethought is respectable.
Freethinker Rock in Comfort, TX (0 words)
The Freethinker Rock in the Comfort, Texas, town park was removed December 21, 2000.
Freethinkers and their ideas were also evident in other German areas like Kerrville, Fredericksburg, New Braunfels, La Grange and Brenham.
Texas was attractive because of available land and the freethinking principles of the Republic of Texas Constitution.
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