You should make note that I suggested you find the meaning of the word, not how some guy used it 300 years ago. You should also make note that there is actually a very active freethought community alive and kicking in this day and age.
Freethought in it's purest form is merely a word people use to describe themselves when they are free from the shackles of dogma. "Freethinkers" are those who allow themselves to think freely, as the name implies. Nowhere in the freethought community or usage of the word does it necessitate being actively against relgigion or faith. That is merely a byproduct of freethought. Once you open your mind and free yourself from religious dogma, one has a tendency to fade away from religion. This is why you religious types fear and vilify freethought unjustly.
I shall make another suggestion: learn about what the freethought community is and what they seek to do. Freethought doesn't necessarily entail atheism, but any intellectually honest atheist is first a freethinker. The same with skepticism: one should be a skeptic first and an atheist second.
Edited by hooah212002, : No reason given.
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