Freethinking

I have, at numerous times, come across people who call themselves freethinkers. Without fail they have been people who reject the idea of God. It seems that their definition of "Free thinking" is actually very constricted. I find term arrogant and misleading actually. I'm not saying that free thinkers can't arrive at the conclusion that God doesn't really exist, I'm saying that people who believe God doesn't exist are not proctors for free thinking, no matter how forcefully or frequently they suggest they are. If you are not free to conclude that God exists, or you make no allowance for another to do so, then you are not a free thinker.
As a Christian I feel that my beliefs are not well represented by those who would try to represent us but are outside of the faith. They boldly paint us with one brush, they misreport our beliefs and our God, they misquote us, and they provide misleading information about us. A free thinker should also be able to be informed about his thoughts, and based on the conversations I have had in the past, I would have to say that there are very many "free thinkers" who are using faulty information to arrive at their conclusions.
I'm not suggesting that what I have to say will change any ones opinion about God or Christianity, or even that what I say will be in all ways correct. But sometimes I just have to set the record as straight as I'm able after reading what people have to say about the faith that I have chosen. Some may come to understand something differently than they had in the past and it may affect their outlook, others will remain unconvinced and others may convince me otherwise.
I'm writing this blog as an experiement in a free thinking that allows room for God, and to show that even after concluding that God does exist, there is plenty of room for free thought.