Freethinkers
Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privilages, or bliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking... Leo Tolstoy
What Does It Mean To Be A Freethinker
To be a “Freethinker” one must think for him/her self. It means to make decisions based on right and wrong and what you have learned through your own experiences and research. When you are a freethinker you come up with your own ideas independent of what others may think or do. You use proven facts to broaden your understanding about whatever you’re studying and fully understand the difference between facts and opinions.
The Freedom That Comes From Being A Freethinker
When you’re a freethinker you make decisions for yourself. You are not restricted by the opinions of others because you know the difference between good and bad, right and wrong for yourself. You’re no longer concerned with what others may think and you make decisions without considers about how others may see you. You don’t put a lot of thought into who may or may not understand or agree with you or your decisions. You can make decision for yourself without the approval of others. You don’t try to convince others to follow you nor do you need people to join you to feel justified or comfortable with your actions. You only consider how your actions will affects others (In a good or bad way) but will not restrict yourself due to the possible judgment of others. This train of thought allows you to dress the way you want, discover what you like and dislike and carry yourself in whatever manner or style you want. Because you only use right from wrong to determine your morals and values you freely try new things, in order to discover who you are and express yourself any way you choose.
“Once you start thinking freely and independently of others you’ll start seeing life differently”
William Goldman
Life for every one of us is different because we all have different experiences, we all look differently, we have different traditions, different needs, we live in different parts of the world and we have different kinds of people living around us. With all of these differences how can we all expect to live life the same? When you accept what’s right for other people as right for you, you discredit all that you have been through. We all live through every single life experience differently than everyone else. The truth is most of what we do comes from tradition, a tradition that comes from the way it was taught by past generations and not because of any other rational thought. As time goes on we discover new ways of doing and seeing things based on the resources we have today and not the way things were done in the past.
How A Freethinker Thinks
1. One, two or even three bad apple doesn’t ruin the bunch because every apple is different
Everyone is different even people of the same race have significant differences. Just because you had a bad experience with one person of a certain race, nationality or religion doesn’t mean you’ll have a bad experience with everyone of that same race, nationality or religion.
2. What’s good for one may not be good for others.
One life never fits all. You can’t argue with a person’s taste buds about what taste good, people have different shapes, looks, and likes so what feels good to you may be too tight for me and what is cool to me may be too hot for you. The same goes for ways of life. We all have to do what’s best for the life we live
3. There’s more than one right way.
If two trails can take you to the same destination & there’s more than one way to scramble eggs, it must be okay for me to do things my way and for you to do things your way.
4. The only opinion that matters is mine.
Most of the opinions of others come from their person experiences, what they like, how they look and what feels good to them but you’re not them so form your own opinions based on how you feel, and you will be happy
5. Sticking to a decision that others disagree with is okay as long as I’m not hurting anyone.
People will always have some sort of feeling about what you are doing. Those feelings come from their own level of comfort. If a person is scared to try what you’re doing, has failed at it or has had a bad experience with it they will try to impose those feelings onto you instead of encouraging you. Some people will even feel offended if you don’t take their advice. All of these feelings come from a personal experience and one person’s experience isn’t the only possible experience.
