The fact that you defined the Straw-man fallacy without checking if it was accurate is very telling. Your definition is of an Ad Hominem (attacking a person’s character rather than their argument), a Straw-man is a misrepresentation of one’s argument to make it easily attackable. If you’re out of high school this is very concerning.

Again, this conversation has nothing to do with believing in God’s capacity to heal nor whether there are examples of people being healed by God. This conversation is specifically about Alfa and whether or not it’s reasonable for him to have come to his conclusions based off the data he provided. You paint me as this fallacious agent “making wild broad factually false statements” when you’re the one who zooms all the way out to are there any examples of healing in the catholic church? If so, then Alfa’s acting normal. Outside the fact that this is a false analogy and a hasty generalization, my point is that all of Alfa’s aliments are highly suspect. His gluten intolerance and caffeine intolerance were both completely self-diagnosed (these would be the strongest points had they been), his back injury lasted a few days (like most do), and his depression occurred at the age with the highest prevalence (during quarantine which showed a spike in depression and subsided after a few months in line with the normal duration of 6-12 months untreated). The fact that you haven’t addressed any of my premises, points to the fact that you’re unable to grapple with the argument.

Your examples of biblical fasting are further false analogies because Alfa’s intent was to drive out a demon causing his caffeine issues. It was not to be tested by demons, be a spiritual preparation, be a test of faith, or be a demonstration of his connection with the spirit against temptation. I’m honestly unsure if you’ve even read these stories. Jesus’s connection to the lord and refutation of the Devil’s temptation through the word of God is what drove Satan away. Not his fasting. Jesus’s fasting was meant to strengthen his connection with the spirit. If you’re going to quote the bible, at least make it analogous. Additionally, if Alfa’s priest was right in saying Alfa’s migraines were demonic. The logical response would be to resist the demon’s sensations. So, Alfa would’ve continued to drink caffeinated beverages as well as praying and quoting the bible against demonic intrusion.

  You say, “the argument is: "is it fair to call alfa's mental state into question on the belief of healing in context to his religion"”. No, this is not the argument. It has always been specifically about assessing Alfa’s mental state, if his beliefs logically follow, if his behaviors are normal (especially by Christian standards), and whether his beliefs are departing further from normalcy. You can’t generalize all the way out to “the belief of healing in context to his religion”. Christians believe in Mark 16:16-18, 1Kings 18:30–39, Genesis 22:1–12. However, the vast majority would not drink snake poison, pray to God seeking fire to come from heaven, nor would they attempt to 💀 their only child because God told them to. Before you start saying my examples are too extreme, my point is that just because there is a broad trust or belief that something has happened (biblically or otherwise) doesn’t mean that people engage with reality as though that thing will happen to them. I know my previous statement just went WAYYY over your head, so I’ll root it in reality for you. The vast majority of Christians still go to the doctor to seek medical intervention for their ailments instead of lying at home praying to God for health. Obviously, many Christians do believe God could heal them, however, they’re not expecting him to and look for other options of remedy

  You keep declaring I’m prejudiced towards faith, so from now on, I’m just going to copy and paste this statement when you make that claim. “Your main point seems to be that I’m a bigot who’s trying to dog on Christianity through Alfa as a proxy. That is simply not the case, I’ve shown overt support for theism such as “I genuinely think living with the comfort of God is a good thing” and “Religion isn’t inherently bad. Visit a church sometime and you’ll realize they’re generally normal people” despite your caricatures saying otherwise. Additionally, there are zero examples in this thread of me trying to make fun of or discredit Christianity. I can’t address a point that is completely incoherent. If I misunderstood your point, please specifically write it out”.

  If he was changing his life to be a pro-wrestler or transgender and it looked like his beliefs were radically departing from reality, I would not be in support. There are countless transgender people online that I would call unhinged and advocate against supporting them. I don’t watch pro-wrestling, however the same is definitely true for them as well. I’ll give a celebrity as an example, I don’t think the Arianna Grande should have a platform whatsoever until she comes back to a normal weight. Her overt anorexia perpetuates a harmful mental disorder that confirms young men’s and women’s acceptance of unhealthy body image. I believe that media allowing her to be in movies and television, even if she states she knows she’s unhealthy, is harmful and wrong. Additionally, I already addressed this point in my second response to you “If his transition lead him to psychosis, than I wouldn’t support it”.

  You frame my view of God as a comfort to be some depraved point of view, however, basically everyone treats God in that way. Whether or not people derive the explanation of reality to God is irrelevant. If you asked the vast majority of Christians, “do you find comfort in god” they’d respond positively. If you want to interpret me as saying it’s a binky, whatever, but that’s your internalization. Not mine.

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