(June 25, 2011 at 2:42 pm)fr0d0 Wrote:Quote:A Freethinker thinks for him or herself, rather than thinking what they are supposed to think according to someone else. It's as simple as that, really.Which makes most atheists not free thinkers, because most are simply following the majority opinion.
I disagree, atheism is not the majority opinion, anywhere in the world as far as I know.
"Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds."
Einstein
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down happy. They told me I didn't understand the assignment. I told them they didn't understand life.
- John Lennon