Yeah, derailing for dummies is a guide to tactics that people on forums use to ensure no questions are asked, skeptics are silenced and shamed, reasonable questions are avoided, and the speech is carefully policed.

In this case, no one is allowed to question rachel's account because the user name rachelbythebay contains a name commonly associated with being female. It's likely if the username was "robertonthebus" we would be able to question robert's assertions.

But this being Hacker News, I am hopeful we can get past your attempt to speech police and get back to a constructive dialogue.

a: "i believe in jesus, you blasphemer"

b: anecdotes dont' cut it

a: you are derailing the topic, here see this link