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Jesus can help you. He understands you. Ask Jesus for help.
What if they don't believe in Jesus?
There is not much believe necessary. Only that there could be help because someone told them that there is. If they tried everything else, what is the harm in trying it with Jesus?
Jesus was born around 2000 years ago and the oldest person ever recorded lived a bit less than 123 years, so either he's dead, either he's hiding very well, and thus can't do shit either without getting exposed.
Checkmate idiot.
But you might wanna try to get help with Santa tho, and don't tell me he doesn't exist, there are many more recorded encounters with Santa than with Jesus.
That is a straw-man argument because no one is claiming Jesus lives in the way you are describing it. Also you didn't even look into the link because your "argument" is not addressing any of the arguments in there.
I honestly don't really care, you are free to live your religion the way you want, but I don't think it's okay to bring that forward on a post about autism and mental health. How would you feel if someone else posted that "Allah can help them"? Your comment just feels pushy about your religion without providing any other useful input to OP's problem.
I told them that because I really believe that the one person who can help them is Jesus and because I want them to get better. Do you have any advice that could help them?
Btw here is a video of someone with a mental illness where Jesus helped: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9a6U-BF-T6g
Whether or not I have advice for them is not part of the debate.
That video is just anecdotal evidence, there is also plenty of evidence of religions creating a lot of suffering, particularly mental health issues related to education due to beliefs (for example for LGBTQIA+ community, which has a lot of overlap with the neurodivergent community).
since @[email protected] likes history so much, they should take a look at the crusades, or the inquisition. Religion does enough evil things nowadays but those were real low points.
Fact is you are not even try to help them you are only trying to prevent them from trying if someone/something can help them.
The votes on your original comment tells me I'm not the only one thinking that kind of suggestion is not very welcomed into this community.
I think you would be better off trying to sell your parasocial relationship with antiquity dude to other people on the internet than here.
I don't give a f* what those people think if there is a chance that someone could get help.
All "arguments" in your text are just stories. Not a single fact in sight. But the word fact is repeated ad nauseam. As if it is trying to summon facts from thin air by invoking the word often enough.