Freethought
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Freethought is a catch-all term referring to the variety of beliefs which, in general, reject revealed or fundamentalist religion of all kinds, authoritarianism of any stripe, and favor science and human reason. Hence the term "free" meaning "free from external dogma", implying that their beliefs came from their own thinking and research. It includes atheism, agnosticism, and humanism, but may also according to some definitions include some theistic beliefs such as deism.
Those who favor freethought are called freethinkers and are currently the largest group of what you could call "organised" atheists. Other brandings have adopted the name "Brights", but their detractors find that term to be rather confrontational, arrogant and somewhat embarrassing. Most freethinkers will typically be atheists or agnostics, and use the "freethought" term to indicate how they came to not believe in any gods. Some, however, are theists of one stripe or another who also consider themselves to have reached their conclusions by independent thought.
