free thought

thought unrestrained by deference to authority, tradition, or established belief, especially in matters of religion.

Origin of free thought

First recorded in 1705–15

But there is one thing Free-thought can never be by any possibility—Free-thought can never be progressive.

The Ball and The Cross |G.K. Chesterton
Is Protestantism a necessary transition stage between religion and free-thought?

The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study |Jean-Marie Guyau
In the so-called realms of free-thought is there nothing hard to believe?

The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, |Various
Nor was there much sympathy, under their ignominious defeat, between the members and friends of the Free-thought Club.

True to his Colours |Theodore P. Wilson

We do not wish to see the secular arm placed at the service of free-thought, said a deputy of the bloc not long since.

The Religious Persecution in France 1900-1906 |Jane Milliken Napier Brodhead

free thought

thought unrestrained and uninfluenced by dogma or authority, esp in religious matters