There is just one problem: most of the people who claim to want to be able to think for themselves don't know how to think.

How can people think for themselves when they don't know how to think?

I have accepted the truths taught by the Magesterium precisely because I am thinking for myself.  I don't just fall for pithy bumper sticker slogans. Church teaching cannot be reduced to clever little bumper sticker slogans or protest signs.