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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Definition==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Definition==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*1: unorthodox [[attitudes]] or [[beliefs]]; specifically : 18th century [<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">http</del>://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism deism]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*1: unorthodox [[attitudes]] or [[beliefs]]; specifically : 18th century [<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https</ins>://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism deism]</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Description==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Description==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Freethought''' is a philosophical [[viewpoint]] that holds [[opinions]] should be formed on the basis of [[logic]], [[reason]], and empiricism and not [[authority]], [[tradition]], or other [[dogmas]]. The cognitive application of freethought is known as "freethinking", and practitioners of freethought are known as "freethinkers".</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Freethought''' is a philosophical [[viewpoint]] that holds [[opinions]] should be formed on the basis of [[logic]], [[reason]], and empiricism and not [[authority]], [[tradition]], or other [[dogmas]]. The cognitive application of freethought is known as "freethinking", and practitioners of freethought are known as "freethinkers".</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Freethought holds that [[individuals]] should not [[accept]] ideas proposed as [[truth]] without recourse to [[knowledge]] and [[reason]]. Thus, freethinkers strive to build their [[opinions]] on the basis of [[facts]], scientific [[inquiry]], and logical [[principles]], independent of any logical [[fallacies]] or the intellectually limiting effects of [[authority]], [<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">http</del>://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias confirmation bias], cognitive bias, [<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">http</del>://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventional_wisdom conventional wisdom], [[popular]] culture, [[prejudice]], sectarianism, tradition, urban legend, and all other [[dogmas]]. Regarding [[religion]], freethinkers hold that there is insufficient [[evidence]] to support the existence of [[supernatural]] phenomena.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Freethought holds that [[individuals]] should not [[accept]] ideas proposed as [[truth]] without recourse to [[knowledge]] and [[reason]]. Thus, freethinkers strive to build their [[opinions]] on the basis of [[facts]], scientific [[inquiry]], and logical [[principles]], independent of any logical [[fallacies]] or the intellectually limiting effects of [[authority]], [<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https</ins>://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias confirmation bias], cognitive bias, [<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https</ins>://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventional_wisdom conventional wisdom], [[popular]] culture, [[prejudice]], sectarianism, tradition, urban legend, and all other [[dogmas]]. Regarding [[religion]], freethinkers hold that there is insufficient [[evidence]] to support the existence of [[supernatural]] phenomena.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A line from "Clifford's Credo" by the 19th Century British mathematician and philosopher [<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">http</del>://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kingdon_Clifford William Kingdon Clifford] perhaps best describes the premise of freethought: "It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence."[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">http</del>://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_thinking]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A line from "Clifford's Credo" by the 19th Century British mathematician and philosopher [<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https</ins>://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kingdon_Clifford William Kingdon Clifford] perhaps best describes the premise of freethought: "It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence."[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https</ins>://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_thinking]</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When a member of a [[social]] religious [[group]] has complied with the requirements of such a [[group]], he should be [[encouraged]] to [[enjoy]] religious [[liberty]] in the full [[expression]] of his own [[personal]] [[interpretation]] of the [[truths]] of religious [[belief]] and the [[facts]] of religious [[experience]]. The [[security]] of a [[religious]] group depends on [[spiritual]] [[unity]], not on [[theological]] [[uniformity]]. A religious [[group]] should be able to [[enjoy]] the [[liberty]] of [<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">http</del>://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_thought freethinking] without having to become "[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">http</del>://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brethren_of_the_Free_Spirit freethinkers]"[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">http</del>://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brights]. There is great [[hope]] for any church that [[worships]] the living [[God]], [[validates]] the [[brotherhood]] of [[man]], and dares to remove all creedal [[pressure]] from its members. ([[103:5|103:5.12]])</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When a member of a [[social]] religious [[group]] has complied with the requirements of such a [[group]], he should be [[encouraged]] to [[enjoy]] religious [[liberty]] in the full [[expression]] of his own [[personal]] [[interpretation]] of the [[truths]] of religious [[belief]] and the [[facts]] of religious [[experience]]. The [[security]] of a [[religious]] group depends on [[spiritual]] [[unity]], not on [[theological]] [[uniformity]]. A religious [[group]] should be able to [[enjoy]] the [[liberty]] of [<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https</ins>://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_thought freethinking] without having to become "[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https</ins>://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brethren_of_the_Free_Spirit freethinkers]"[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https</ins>://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brights]. There is great [[hope]] for any church that [[worships]] the living [[God]], [[validates]] the [[brotherhood]] of [[man]], and dares to remove all creedal [[pressure]] from its members. ([[103:5|103:5.12]])</div></td></tr>
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</table>Rdavishttps://nordan.daynal.org/w/index.php?title=Free-thinking&diff=106612&oldid=prevRdavis: Created page with 'File:lighterstill.jpgframe *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_century 1711] ==Definition== *1: unorthodox attitudes or [[beliefs...'2013-05-29T00:21:06Z<p>Created page with '<a href="/wiki/File:Lighterstill.jpg" title="File:Lighterstill.jpg">File:lighterstill.jpg</a><a href="/wiki/File:Pathway-to-destiny2b.jpg" title="File:Pathway-to-destiny2b.jpg">right|frame</a> *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_century 1711] ==Definition== *1: unorthodox <a href="/wiki/Attitudes" class="mw-redirect" title="Attitudes">attitudes</a> or [[beliefs...'</p>
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==Description==<br />
'''Freethought''' is a philosophical [[viewpoint]] that holds [[opinions]] should be formed on the basis of [[logic]], [[reason]], and empiricism and not [[authority]], [[tradition]], or other [[dogmas]]. The cognitive application of freethought is known as "freethinking", and practitioners of freethought are known as "freethinkers".<br />
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Freethought holds that [[individuals]] should not [[accept]] ideas proposed as [[truth]] without recourse to [[knowledge]] and [[reason]]. Thus, freethinkers strive to build their [[opinions]] on the basis of [[facts]], scientific [[inquiry]], and logical [[principles]], independent of any logical [[fallacies]] or the intellectually limiting effects of [[authority]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias confirmation bias], cognitive bias, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventional_wisdom conventional wisdom], [[popular]] culture, [[prejudice]], sectarianism, tradition, urban legend, and all other [[dogmas]]. Regarding [[religion]], freethinkers hold that there is insufficient [[evidence]] to support the existence of [[supernatural]] phenomena.<br />
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A line from "Clifford's Credo" by the 19th Century British mathematician and philosopher [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kingdon_Clifford William Kingdon Clifford] perhaps best describes the premise of freethought: "It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence."[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_thinking]<br />
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When a member of a [[social]] religious [[group]] has complied with the requirements of such a [[group]], he should be [[encouraged]] to [[enjoy]] religious [[liberty]] in the full [[expression]] of his own [[personal]] [[interpretation]] of the [[truths]] of religious [[belief]] and the [[facts]] of religious [[experience]]. The [[security]] of a [[religious]] [[group]] depends on [[spiritual]] [[unity]], not on [[theological]] [[uniformity]]. A religious [[group]] should be able to [[enjoy]] the [[liberty]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_thought freethinking] without having to become "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brethren_of_the_Free_Spirit freethinkers]"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brights]. There is great [[hope]] for any church that [[worships]] the living [[God]], [[validates]] the [[brotherhood]] of [[man]], and dares to remove all creedal [[pressure]] from its members. ([[103:5|103:5.12]])<br />
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