by George Shaw
Member since:
February 16, 2006

Oh, boy, this will bring the wing-nuts out of their chairs. I really hate to have to provoke people, but this is a very interesting and though provoking article.

May 26, 2012 03:02 PM UTC
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Freethinkers have made significant impacts and contributions to the U.S. and the world. This is about 9 of them, but at the end of the article there is a link to others.

www.alternet.org/story/155590/9_great_freethinkers_and_religious_dissenters_in_history?page=entire

Comments: 13

Larry M. May 26, 2012, 3:25pm UTC
And those are just the ones who admitted it. :-)
George Shaw May 26, 2012, 3:27pm UTC
Yeah.
Crin Forbes May 26, 2012, 4:53pm UTC
I take exception with Einstein... By the time he made it to America, he was already a free thinker and well known in the world...

As far as other freethinkers of Jewish extract, there is nothing unusual about it. Judaism is a free thinking religion, it is a religion which invites its member to think, as opposed to others who spread fear and resignation...
George Shaw May 26, 2012, 5:27pm UTC
So you just spun away from all the non-Jewish freethinkers, and your point about Einstein is?
Crin Forbes May 26, 2012, 8:00pm UTC
Free tinkers, are free thinkers, American or not, white or black and everything in between...
George Shaw May 26, 2012, 8:09pm UTC
That is true, but the ones in America have had a major impact upon America. I will admit that the impact isn't great enough, but it has helped.
Crin Forbes May 26, 2012, 8:29pm UTC
Free thinkers have been throughout the world, the only think about America is the fact that we had so many in one place in a relatively short time.

The ones in America had major impact in the whole world not only in America...

Maybe America is a magnet for free thinkers, and free thinkers are the counter reaction for the wing-nuts we also have in America.
libramoon .. May 26, 2012, 5:25pm UTC
For creative thought one must go outside the conventional wisdom
George Shaw May 26, 2012, 5:30pm UTC
To try to find the truth, one must be willing to question all of the belief system. Thanks for stopping by.
Jerry Kays May 26, 2012, 7:45pm UTC
Free thinking will cost you normalcy.
George Shaw May 26, 2012, 8:06pm UTC
With the present norm for normalcy, that could be a plus. LOL
Jerry Kays May 27, 2012, 3:30am UTC
That was the point of my message ...
Sandy Moore May 28, 2012, 3:33am UTC
I so agree with Jerry.

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