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  2. Freethinkers Association of Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    With the introduction of cantonal church taxes in the 1870s, anti-clericals began to organise themselves. Around 1870, a "freethinkers club" was founded in Zürich.During the debate on the Zürich church law in 1883, professor Friedrich Salomon Vögelin and city council member Kunz proposed to separate church and state.

  3. Freethought - Wikipedia

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    Freethought (sometimes spelled free thought) is an unorthodox attitude or belief. [1]A freethinker holds that beliefs should not be formed on the basis of authority, tradition, revelation, or dogma, [2] and should instead be reached by other methods such as logic, reason, and empirical observation.

  4. The Freethinker (journal) - Wikipedia

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    The Freethinker is a British secular humanist publication, founded by G. W. Foote in 1881. [1] One of the world's oldest surviving freethought publications, it moved online-only in 2014.

  5. Free thought (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    The Free Thought — a Ukrainian-language newspaper published in Australia; The Freethinker, British journal, oldest surviving secularist publication in the world, first published in 1881; The Freethinker, a Whig newspaper founded in 1718 by Ambrose Philips and Hugh Boulter; The Freethinker, a 1994 film by Peter Watkins.

  6. Freethinkers Society - Wikipedia

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    In 1928, Lewis incorporated the Freethinkers Society, renaming it "The Freethinkers of America" and becoming its president. [7] [unreliable source?In March 1930, at a luncheon honoring Philip J. Peabody, it was announced the society would move to legally force the board of education to eliminate the reading of the Bible in public schools.

  7. Shillelagh - Wikipedia

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    A shillelagh (/ ʃ ɪ ˈ l eɪ l i,-l ə / shil-AY-lee, -⁠lə; Irish: sail éille or saill éalaigh [1] [ˌsˠal̠ʲ ˈeːlʲə], "thonged willow") is a wooden walking stick and club or cudgel, typically made from a stout knotty blackthorn stick with a large knob at the top. It is associated with Ireland and Irish folklore.

  8. Freethought Day - Wikipedia

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    The seminal event connected to Freethought Day is a letter written by then Massachusetts Governor William Phips in which he wrote to the Privy Council of the British monarchs, William and Mary, on this day in 1692.

  9. List of fried dough foods - Wikipedia

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    A sweet, ball-shaped snack, similar to the doughnut, native to the Okinawa Prefecture. Schenkele: Switzerland, Alsace: Small fritter made from ground nuts eaten around Christmas and Fasnacht, sometimes additionally flavored with Kirsch and candied peel. Schmalzkuchen or Schmalzgreben: Germany: Literally "lard cake".