“The Earth revolves around the Sun. But it wasn't always that way. The Sun used to revolve around the Earth. It was like that for hundreds of years, until it was discovered to be otherwise, and even for a few hundred years after that. But, ultimately, after much kicking and screaming, the Earth did, in fact, begin to revolve around the Sun. Christianity was wrong about the solar system. What if it's wrong about something else, too?”

— from the movie, “The God Who Wasn’t There”

What is Freethought?

Freethought is the rejection of dogma. It is a philosophical viewpoint that holds that opinions should be formed on the basis of science, logic, and reason, and should not be influenced by authority, tradition, or dogma. The cognitive application of freethought is known as 'freethinking', and practitioners of freethought are known as 'freethinkers.'

You don’t have to be an atheist to be a freethinker, but there are many similarities. Atheism is the rejection of the belief that there is a god as asserted by an authority (usually scripture or man), or the assertion that the evidence does not support the existence of a god.

How can theists claim that their particular and unique all-knowing god(s) are true and all others false? The theistic claim of infallibility and omniscience tends to be the genesis of the freethought debate. We can argue the existence of a god, but lets discuss the methods and reasons you know yours is the right one. Through thoughtful examination of the bible and other scripture, many of us have found “truths” that disturb us often evident in scriptural writing: a malevolent irrational and often schizophrenic god with an incredible blood lust, contradictions within contradictions within the writings, denial of the evidence even within the scripture, and claims of fact that are unsupportable without blind acceptance.

Then there is the problem of evil posed over two thousand years ago by Epicurus:

Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?

If you are in the growing numbers of people looking for an alternative to: indoctrination, dogma, being told what to believe, denying your senses, denying facts, psychologically oppressing children into believing they are inferior and undeserving, and slave sermons—there are groups and people everywhere out there to fit your needs.

You are not alone.