Freethinker (General)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 18:36 (5091 days ago) @ satyansh

History of the term 'freethinker' is in order. The term was coined during the enlightenment to separate thinkers who did not adhere to church dogma or religious imperialism. The term has been around for almost 500yrs, and is still used in its original context: free from religious. dogma--though not always immune to dogmatic thinking. Though adopted by modern atheism, you can be a religious freethinker if you don't blindly accept the dogma of your religion.

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\"Why is it, Master, that ascetics fight with ascetics?\"

\"It is, brahmin, because of attachment to views, adherence to views, fixation on views, addiction to views, obsession with views, holding firmly to views that ascetics fight with ascetics.\"