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 14, 2005: "Live And Let Live"
January 21, 2005: "This Space For Rent"
January 28, 2005: "Hip to Be Square"
February 4, 2005: "Six More Weeks Of Digressions"
February 11, 2005: "Any Answers?"
February 18, 2005: "Boldly Going"
February 25, 2005: "Checkmate"
March 4, 2005: "A Modest Proposal"
March 11, 2005: "We Can Work It Out"
March 18, 2005: "Everybody Must Get Stoned"
March 25, 2005: "On a Shoestring"
April 7, 2005: "Sleepwalker"
April 15, 2005: "We'll Meet Again"
May 12, 2005: "Censor? I Barely Know Her!"
May 19, 2005: "Summertime, And The Livin' Is Easy"
May 26, 2005: "If I Only Had A Degree"
July 14, 2005: "This Week's Offerings"
July 21, 2005: "Up, Up, And..."
July 28, 2005: "Buggy"
August 4, 2005: "Time Out"
August 11, 2005: "Wing Nut"
August 19, 2005: "Obesity For Dummies"
September 9, 2005: "Bazaar of the Bezier"
September 16, 2005: "Coming Soon"
September 23, 2005: "A Close Shave"
September 30, 2005: "Brought To You By..."
October 14, 2005: "I'm So Hip I Can't See Over My Pelvis"
October 21, 2005: "One Wild Ride"
October 28, 2005: "When The Frost Is On The Punkin..."
November 4, 2005: "Holiday Stuffing"
November 11, 2005: "Fill In The Blanks"
November 18, 2005: "Pass The Vegetables"
December 2, 2005: "The Weather Inside Is Frightful"
December 9, 2005: "2005: Past Tense (Part 1)"
December 16, 2005: "2005: Past Tense (Part 2)"

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