dunnscot,
: Does freedom of thought really obtain in this forum?
No. Freedom of thought is obtainable under all and any circumstances. Despite the gains made by science, we can still have freedom of thought even if we are in solitary confinement, or even worse, if we are still dubs. Did you perhaps mean freedom of "expression?" If you did, then here is the place for that. There are limits, but very few and the limits are good ones.
: Are those who have left God's organization and Jehovah God Himself actually now more open-minded and unbiased?
What, exactly is "God's Organization?" Please be specific. There will be a quiz. And by implication you have stated that leaving "God's Organization(tm)" is the same a leaving "Jehovah God Himself." Please show evidence for that assertion.
: If those who espouse atheistic thoughts or those who believe every vile utterance spoken against Jehovah's people think they are now speaking from some Olympian perspective, I beg to differ.
Define "Jehovah's people." Be specific and be willing to hear other points of view. We don't take shit for granted in here. Define "Olympian perspective," vis a vis "vile" utterances "against Jehovah," too. Even more importantly, show specific proof that uttering those so-called "vile utterances" would even bother a God who is so far removed from us all that is pathetic; like our words are going to change HIS day when he won't even do a damn thing to help AIDS victims, for example? (Until he kills 99.99% of the humans on this earth, that is.)
: First, if one mistakenly places too much confidence in his or her own wisdom, he or she unwisely ignores the ancient Greek thinker who taught us to be aware of our ignorance, namely, Socrates.
Right. Read the collective works of the JW Governing Body, Joseph Franklin Rutherford and Charles Taze Russell before you dare go further. I can help you out here and show you that JW leaders are the WORST among humans who "mistakenly place too much confidence in" their "own wisdom" and ended up hurting countless people as a result.
On the otherhand, "apostates" merely point that fact out.
: I think 2 Tim 3:8-9 says it all.
I think Proberbs 14:24,25 says it all. Not to mention Matthew 23:15.
You big dummy. Consider yourself "Farkeled."
Farkel