The Truth Seeker (publication)
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- See also The Truthseeker (disambiguation)
The Truth Seeker is a long running atheist publication first published in 1873.
History
Over this period at least two editors Charles L. Smith and James Hervey Johnson took a racial-nationalist anti-Jewish stance in its pages and issued the publication under the name of the National Liberal League. Under Smith the paper was subtitled The Journal for Reasoners and Racists.[1]
- Our first edition of The Truth Seeker was published on September 1, 1873, in Paris, Illinois and in January 1874 we moved in to New York City where the intellectual community was located. It didn't take but a few months before D. M. Bennett, our Founder, became a major player in that community of intellectuals. His wife Mary Wicks Bennett, named the newspaper and after the death of Bennett in 1882 ran the company for one year. After that it passed on to other Publishers until 1988 when Bonnie Lange became the Publisher and is still at the helm today. Truth Seekers are Freethinkers. Our philosophy is called Freethought. We have followed a long and rich tradition of people who have contributed positive ideas to our global community. Such outstanding people as Thomas Paine, Robert G. Ingersoll, Mark Twain, Nikola Tesla to name a few, who have been and still are involved with us even after their deaths. You can find many more in 400 Years of Freethought by S. P. Putnum, published by The Truth Seeker Company, 1894. We support the ideas stated in The Declaration of Independence, that every man, woman and child has the "right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." We see no reason for organized religion or for the political state. However, this does not mean we do not believe in government because we support the idea that a government should protect the individual and the individual's property. Therefore, a locksmith or an insurance company or a security system is by our definition considered a government. Freethinkers are here to build a better world and our goal is simple: Improve yourself and teach by example. Our educational outreach includes books,video tapes, DVD's, audio tapes, CDs and live seminars and our authors and publications are always on the cutting edge of the newest ideas. Because in the long run, New Ideas give us New Perspectives and Freethinkers are by our very nature long term thinkers.
Editors
- George E. MacDonald (ca. 1931)
- Robert Kuttner
- Woolsey Teller, associate editor
- Charles Lee Smith, editor since 1937
Contributors (excerpt)
- Charles Lee Smith (1887–1964) , author of Sensism: The Philosophy of the West (1956)
- Byram Campbell, author of The New Mythology of Racial Equality (1963)
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References
- ↑ Science For Segregation: Race, Law, And The Case Against Brown V. Board Of Education, by John P. Jackson, page 57
