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	The Blog \| Robert Scheer: In Defense of Free Thought \| The Huffington Post
		Free speech is a beautiful concept but its reality is far from free.
		Free speech is available to the rich and sometimes to the outrageous, but not to everyone.
		In general, however, free speech (and a free press) are fundamental to a democratic government.
	www.huffingtonpost.com /robert-scheer/in-defense-of-free-though_b_16128.html (4024 words)

	Freethought - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thought is, by definition, a system of rules applied to facts.
		Some freethinkers hold that freethinking may be considered a religion itself, or at least as a form of religious philosophy, since it offers alternative analyses of and conclusions about religious questions which do not include supernaturalism.
		Free Inquiry, a magazine published by the Council for Secular Humanism, which addresses Freethought issues.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Freethought (1306 words)

	Emotional Freedom & Healing News Feature Article: Breaking Free From Thought Loops - The Thought Flow Process
		With very complex and personal thought loops, off the shelf advice is usually not sufficient to break out of a loop and also, the longer they have been running, the more entrained they tend to become.
		It is designed for thoughts, mostly, but it would be difficult to differentiate, as well as memories and emotions making up parts of these complex thought loops in which many of us are trapped.
		Thoughts are but a part of an overall system designed to process information and return change states (which include behaviour and thought as well) as a result.
	www.emotionalfreedom.com /articles/thoughtloops.html (1113 words)

	"Freethought of Action", by Manuel González Prada
		In summary, almost all the national free thinkers lived preaching the excellencies of reason and died receiving Catholic superstitions2: there were two types of these men – the one of phrases and the one of acts.
		Although free thinkers remain faithful to their doctrine and harmonize words with acts, they deserve to be censored when they avoid social questions in order to live in fortified castles of aggressive irreligiousness and even in what would be called an uncompromising phobia of the clergy.
		Free thought that works with a similar amplitude of sights stops being a narrow field where religious beliefs are debated, converting themselves into a wide enclosure where all human questions are elucidated; where all rights and liberties are pleaded for.
	www.evergreen.loyola.edu /~tward/gp/english/freethought.htm (2593 words)

	"Die Gedanken Sind Frei": Free Software and the Struggle for Free Thought Wizards of OS 3, Opening Keynote
		The struggle for freedom of thought, which is universally admired, though not always actually supported, goes along with a much less universally admired struggle for economic justice and the equality of persons.
		The free software movement, with which I have had some slight association, the free software movement is the beginning of the recognition of the implications of the technology.
		Free hardware and free software are two thirds of the platform for free culture but without bandwidth, boxes sit dumb.
	moglen.law.columbia.edu /publications/berlin-keynote.html (5728 words)

	A Free Man's Worship
		And from the monsters, as the play unfolded itself, Man was born, with the power of thought, the knowledge of good and evil, and the cruel thirst for worship.
		In action, in desire, we must submit perpetually to the tyranny of outside forces; but in thought, in aspiration, we are free, free from our fellow-men, free from the petty planet on which our bodies impotently crawl, free even, while we live, from the tyranny of death.
		But indignation is still a bondage, for it compels our thoughts to be occupied with an evil world; and in the fierceness of desire from which rebellion springs there is a kind of self-assertion which it is necessary for the wise to overcome.
	www.positiveatheism.org /hist/russell1.htm (2903 words)

	Freethought News
		They thought that the important business of this life was to save your soul -- that all should resist and scorn the pleasures of sense, and keep their eyes steadily fixed on the golden gate of the New Jerusalem.
		Thought is a form of force, consequently it could not have caused or created matter.
		It is at this point that thoughts of suicide might occur to any reader who has placed undue trust in the intellectual integrity of his fellow human beings.
	www.freethoughtnews.com (15892 words)

	Free thought - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
		If Free Thought is true, and why should there even be a truth?
		How can things even "seem" when there is no way to know that what you think you believe is what you were told to believe and sight is not what you see, but what you have been told or taught to see.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Free_thought (153 words)

	AlterNet: In Defense of Free Thought
		I thought the Europeans were smarter than we are, and that we were the only modern democracy to bring back censorship in the last five years or so.
		What makes free speech work is not censorship borne out of polictial correctness or worry about the results, but rather a population that is smart enough and educated enough to be able to handle both sides of an argument without resorting to violence, and then able to form an opinion based on logic and facts.
		Free speech is the freedom of expressing an idea, an opinion, a theory.
	www.alternet.org /columnists/story/32693 (6488 words)

	Free Your Inner Thinker
		Free Your Inner Thinker Organized religions are laden with the debris of archaic, superstitious images.
		Unlike convention religions, free thought requires an explanation rather than a designer to explain the complexity of life.
		Free thought is reasonable and allows you to do your own thinking.
	www.freeessays.cc /db/40/rfh182.shtml (917 words)

	Truthdig - Reports - In Defense of Free Thought (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Now, in my opinion, you are free to think and express your thoughts in your own societies, but, there is the fact that inside all your western countries, you have now increasing moslem communities who believe in God and the prophets, last of them being Mohamed.
		Free speech as you obviously point out would not be necessary if the speech in question was not offensive to someone.
		Free speach is often in the eye of the beholder.
	truthdig.com /report/item/antisemitic_cartoon_holocaustdenial_20060221 (14309 words)

	sciforums.com - Screw Free Thought
		We should revoke free thought and revive communism.
		Free Thought has officialy been revoked from now on everyone shall pay me $500 (or its equivelent) for each thought.
		I just posted this because a day or two ago, Mech_the_Muon mentioned that it would be ironic to post a thread about abolishing free thought under a free thought forum, so I did.
	www.sciforums.com /showthread.php?t=7684 (719 words)

	Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought
		Free inquiry is in danger in America today, partly because too many of us have given too little thought to the collateral damage of no-holds-barred critical thinking or to how important to our well-being it is and why.
		People are free to make claims of fact, and others are free to criticize them.
		The second threat, the humanitarian, uses this hurt to claim that ideas and opinions have a right to be respected and not marginalized, and that this right must be enforced.
	www.banned-books.com /truth-seeker/1994archive/121_2/ts212p.html (590 words)

	Truthdig - Reports - In Defense of Free Thought
		Now, in my opinion, you are free to think and express your thoughts in your own societies, but, there is the fact that inside all your western countries, you have now increasing moslem communities who believe in God and the prophets, last of them being Mohamed.
		Free speech as you obviously point out would not be necessary if the speech in question was not offensive to someone.
		Free speach is often in the eye of the beholder.
	www.truthdig.com /report/item/antisemitic_cartoon_holocaustdenial_20060221 (14553 words)

	Thought Crime
		Basically, the setting and goals and patterns of behavior, which are imposed mechanically or externally, and without understanding, produces a rigid structure in consciousness that blocks the free play of thought and the free movement of awareness and attention that are necessary for creativity to act:
		The universe, then, is thinker and thought, and since we are part of it, we as humans are, in the final analysis, thoughts of and thinkers of those thoughts.
		Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions.
	deoxy.org /tcrime.htm#crap (1712 words)

	Bravo! Secularism Growing in the U.S.
		Of significance to readers of Free Inquiry magazine is the fact that 20 percent of the American public now consider the Bible to be a book of fables and legends, in comparison with 11 percent in 1981 (a year after Free Inquiry was founded).
		It is clear that those of us who believe in a secular society need constantly to argue against the intrusion of religion in all areas of life, and to ask for some form of secular liberation for science, morality, politics, and human behavior.
		Paul Kurtz is editor-in-chief of Free Inquiry and professor emeritus of philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
	www.secularhumanism.org /library/fi/kurtz_22_3.htm (1574 words)

	What Is A Free Christian
		Free Christians are free to even reject all doctrines and creeds and simply enjoy the great mystery of God without placing God in any box.
		By avoiding creeds and "infallible" doctrines, Free Christians are always free to move forward in their spiritual journey "from glory to glory".
		Free Christians are free to simply dismiss such mistaken notions, whether they are taught by the Bible, by the Church, by Holy Tradition or by the Pope, "even by an angel from heaven".
	www.freechristians.com /FC_Editorials/what_is_a_free_christian.htm (5431 words)

	A Free Inspirational Quote plus Prayer, Quotations, Meditation
		Often you want to share the thought, quote, or spiritual story with a friend so you forward it to your friends, family and co-workers.
		It is your repetitive thoughts, words, and images that create your emotions, your responses, and the physical events you allow into your world.
		In fact, continuously thinking positive thoughts throughout the day is kin to "unceasing prayer." Filling your mind with these new thoughts will help you create the life you deserve.
	www.free-positive-thought.com (2146 words)

	Free Thought, Free Thinking, and The Enemy of Free Thought
		The first step is to understand the concept of Free Thinking or what it takes to be a Free Thinker.
		'The expression "Free Thought" is often used as if it meant merely opposition to the prevailing orthodoxy. But this is only a symptom of free thought, frequent, but invariable.
		It appears as though the majority of mankind holds their beliefs because their elders told them they were true when they were young, and in addition to potential unhappiness for believing otherwise, FEAR is what often chains them to their beliefs.
	freethought.homestead.com /index.html (304 words)

	China, America, and the power of free thought at Madas Fine Grind (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		China, America, and the power of free thought
		One striking element of that world was the fear slaves owners had of their slaves being able to read or write.
		Free Papers, documents which a fl person had to carry at all times showing that they were free, were simple hand written notes, scrawled by prior owners.
	madasfinegrind.org /?p=49 (412 words)

	Carmichael's Position: Free Speech! Free thought! That'll be $14.73 please!
		Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
		Critical thought and rhetoric (and no "rhetoric" is not "Bullshit" it is defined as "the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion") are a rare commodity these days are certainly not being paid for up front...
		Free speech means hearing things you like and agree with, and it means allowing others to speak whose views you do not like or agree with.
	johncarmichaels.typepad.com /carmichaels_position/2006/10/free_speech_fre.html (1249 words)

	Free Thought
		A site where free thinking rules, and the mind tries to free itself from the shackles it has tied itself up in.
		Life is about thought, lets live it that way.
		Because through the endurance of suffering and tragedy and triumph and despair, as we learn its separation from ourselves and our state of being, we start to come towards some very powerful knowledge.
	www.freethought.co.za /blog/blogger.html (1842 words)

	Thought Matters - MaryLou Kenworthy, C.Ht. - ThoughtMatters.net
		By using specific tools and techniques, you can dissolve limiting thoughts and beliefs, release self-defeating habits, change patterns, and create space for new, empowering energies that will enable you to heal, grow, realize your dreams, achieve your goals and live a balanced, healthy, fulfilling, and abundant life.
		Thought Matters helps you reconnect with that innate power to design and manifest a richer, fuller existence.
		Sign up for my FREE Thought Matters newsletter and check back often, as I will be adding new tips frequently.
	www.thoughtmatters.net (345 words)

	: ASP : EXPLORE : STEREO : ISLAM AND FREE THOUGHT - Islamherald.com
		There is no doubt that the image of Christianity as presented by the church in Europe with its suppression of science, torturing of scientists and passing on a set of lies and superstitions in the name of the word of God drove the free thinkers of Europe to atheism.
		They are against Islam not because it restricts freedom of thought but only because it stands for the liberation of mankind from the dominance of its baser passions.
		The advocates of “free thinking” allege that the Islamic system of rule is dictatorial because the state has vast powers.
	www.islamherald.com /asp/explore/stereo/islam_and_free_thought.asp (1882 words)

	Brandeis University Speech
		It's ugly in the streets of Tel Aviv, where misguided young men strap bombs to their bodies and shatter not only mortar and steel, but also the lives of the innocent.
		But when I told an audience that I thought law-abiding gun owners were being singled out for cultural stereotyping much like Jews were under the Axis powers, I was branded an anti-Semite.
		A free people can use a new revolution every day, and I challenge you to resist the dogma of cultural and social stereotyping.
	www.nrahq.org /transcripts/brandeis.asp (2253 words)

	Free Thought
		This is a slight departure from the thoughts posted up to this point.
		The ‘liberal’ in ‘liberal arts’ comes from the Latin for ‘a free man.’ A liberal education is an education appropriate for one who is free.
		Old fashioned liberal education presupposed that its students were born to freedom, that freedom was their birthright.
	free-thought.org (1363 words)

	FREE THOUGHT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Only when you can completely free your mind, will you be able to come into your own and know yourself.
		Satanism is free thought in the extreme, yet, so few are able to actually think for themselves.
		Now, of course, those in power are dead against free thought.
	www.angelfire.com /empire/serpentis666/FREETHOUGHT.html (503 words)

	Just a Thought - More Free Stuff \|\| The Mac Observer
		When you go to trade shows, or conventions you can usually find vendors offering you samples of this, or bits of that with their name prominently displayed so that you'll remember them the next time you clean out that drawer that contains several years worth of odds and ends gathered from various sources.
		I thought it was a great way to get people to watch a show that might not get noticed otherwise (I wish this option was around when Firefly premiered on Fox a few years back, maybe the show would still be running.
		Free to download, free from commercials (we'll see how long that lasts), and free to watch whenever you like.
	www.macobserver.com /columns/justathought/2006/20060804.shtml (1498 words)

	Free Thought: My rough draft of reality on Odeo
		The nonphysical universe is an authentic, hypothetical construct, a free thought actualized by ongoing experiences which have no beginning, nor an end.
		Whatever number this pod cast is, it is both Free Thought and whatever the...
		Free Thought the sense of humor This is Graviton Ring.
	odeo.com /channel/138884/view (653 words)

	Chapter Four - Free Thought to Free Action By Dr Bob James
		In a very short time however a youngish band of free thinkers rebelled against the restrictions of organised Free Thought itself, one result of which was the Melbourne Anarchist Club (MAC).
		As in the USA3 and England,4 Free Thought in Australia encompassed breaks with 'traditional' thinking in areas besides religion.
		Clerical attacks on Free Thought in general and Symes and the ASA in particular, reprinted in the Liberator, helped to show the geographic penetration of Free Thought propaganda, as well as the strength and interconnectedness of the decentralised press of the time, another outlet now lost for independence.
	www.takver.com /history/aasv/aasv04.htm (5512 words)

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