What's with all these bi-polar people?

[JazMerkin]

Ok, seriously Bilbo/Miles, it's getting damn tiring of you guys trying to turn every thread into a debate about your respective beliefs regarding God. This is actually a pretty interesting topic & it doesn't need to be about Miles lack of belief in God rather his lack of understanding for people with mental illness. So what if there are some contradictions in it, we're all contradictory in our beliefs.

I agree with that and in my defence I didn't bring it up.

As I said before, I started the thread ad hoc and am working my views out bit by bit. But when the whole god thing comes up I do get defensive and try to defend myself somewhat. If Bilbo will be a gent then I shall too. I am more than happy to stick to only this topic and have another thread for if anyone wants to debate something else.

Thank God (it's an expression, let's not use it as more means for debate on that), I would send you some rep but need to spread it like Big H does STDs.

As it is, we can all have some pretty uninformed views on things we don't come into contact with. I remember up until I went to university, I genuinely believed that all gay people should be put on an island somewhere away from 'normal' people, a kind of 'Gaysrael'. Although worryingly that marked me out as a real liberal on the issue in my area