Freethinker: : one that forms opinions on the basis of reason independently of authority; especially : one who doubts or denies religious dogma
By all means let's be open-minded,
but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.Richard Dawkins, in "Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder,"
If the leaders of the "religious right" can keep their followers believing that education and intellectualism are "evil", they will be better able to control their "flocks" of sheeple.
