Freethinkers Anonymous

Frederick Allen Jones (Courtesy Freethinker Archives) The Freethinkers Institute welcomes you to its home page. Freethinkers Anonymous was founded in 1953 by poet, author, and original Freethinker Frederick Jones. For a comprehensive biography of Jones, we recommend Reginald Starkie’s Hey You Kids! Get Away From That Donkey--The Life of a Freethinker. Originally founded for reasons which remain obscure, the new mission of Freethinkers Anonymous is to find and provide a little humor to those who need it most. The legend of Fred Jones is, itself, almost as obscure as the origins of his weekly distribution list. Born in 1870, he had a series of misadventures around the globe, always going somewhere and never really getting there. After settling down in Colombo, Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), he founded the Freethinkers Institute, then disappeared into the jungle, never to be heard from again.

Freethinkers Anonymous, as well as Freethinking in general, was revived in 1995, along with the weekly distribution list. Feel free to subscribe to the weekly list, or you can read the latest offerings online, as well as browsing through the Freethinker Archives.

Just What Is a Freethinker, Anyway?

The man most qualified to answer that question is lost in the dense jungle of Sri Lanka. However, it is rumored that Fred Jones is still alive, and that he continues his crusade against...er...that he’s still fighting to stamp out...um...well...any further questions, comments, complaints, should be directed to Frederick Jones himself.

Freethinkers Issues

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January 9, 2004: "Thinning The Herd"
January 16, 2004: "Nursery Rhymes"
January 23, 2004: "Lord of the Flakes"
January 30, 2004: "Read the Fine Print"
February 6, 2004: "Passing The Bucket"
February 13, 2004: "Cereal Killer"
February 20, 2004: "Bumper Crop"
February 27, 2004: "Cream of the Crop"
March 5, 2004: "Facing Reality"
March 12, 2004: "Careers 101"
March 19, 2004: "The Tenth Planet"
March 26, 2004: "Pod People"
April 2, 2004: "You Can Bet On It"
April 9, 2004: "So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish"
May 14, 2004: "Downsizing"
May 21, 2004: "A Matter of Taste (Part 1)"
May 28, 2004: "A Matter of Taste (Part 2)"
June 4, 2004: "En-lightning"
June 11, 2004: "Pins and Needles, Needles and Pins"
June 18, 2004: "A Midsummer Night's Digression"
June 25, 2004: "Bully"
July 2, 2004: "Take My Job - Please!"
July 9, 2004: "Advertise this!"
July 16, 2004: "Rank is also an adjective"
July 23, 2004: "Something fishy"
July 30, 2004: "Ground Control to Major Tom"
August 6, 2004: "Behind The Music"
August 13, 2004: "Demand A Difference"
August 20, 2004: "Go For The Gold"
August 27, 2004: "Alienation"
September 3, 2004: "The Unbearable Lightness of Being"
September 10, 2004: "School's Out Forever"
September 17, 2004: "Batten Down the Hatches"
October 8, 2004: "To Serve Man"
October 15, 2004: "Whooo!"
October 22, 2004: "Believe It Or Not"
October 29, 2004: "To Forgive Is Fine"
November 5, 2004: "Cruisin'"
November 11, 2004: "Sickening"
November 18, 2004: "Stuck In the Head"
December 2, 2004: "In The Sweet Buy And Buy"
December 9, 2004: "2004: Don't Look Back (Part 1)"
December 16, 2004: "2004: Don't Look Back (Part 2)"

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