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To: Ilaine who wrote (30449)	6/29/1999 11:24:00 PM
From: jbe	Respond to of 71178

Blue, I never thought of "freethinkers" as constituting a historical movement. They can't, really, because a freethinker is by definition an individual who forms his own opinions, independently of tradition, authority, and established belief, especially but not exclusively in the religious sphere. If he accepts the views of a freethinking "group," he is no longer a freethinker, if you get my drift. For example, here is a "Biographical Dictionary of Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Freethinkers. Under "A" alone, we have Asoka, Aspasia, John Adams, and Peter Abelard. Quite a company! <g> infidels.org There are quite a few local organizations of "Freethinkers" in America today.(I still think that an organization of freethinkers is a contradiction in terms, but what the hey.) In this country, people who style themselves "Freethinkers" (with a capital "F") tend to be in the crusading Robert Ingersoll mold. (It comes off a bit quaint these days.) You can find some interesting background material here: infidels.org Pleasant reading...:-) Joan