Deflection? More likely the opposite is true. After all, I'm not trying to deflect attention away from Iggy and make you the subject of the current conversation, am I?
You certainly seem fine with casting aspersions on Steven for the change in his beliefs. I'm trying to evaluate your qualification to pass judgment on the consistency of other people's convictions.
Given your lack of responsiveness, I can only conclude that an honest answer would be embarrassing to you.
When you ridicule a spiritual journey as illogical and conversions as proof of wrongness before which therefore invalidates the present conversion, you should only expect that your own conversions would and should be examined. Otherwise, you're a naive debater. Or perhaps thick-headed.