I’ve just now been trying to explain it to a fellow who is more than a mite conspiracy-theorist concerning the nature and presence of God.
It’s hard to keep my patience in the face of such dogged contrariness. But ultimately with patience that kind of person’s hand will show. No you don’t have to go research God out of Scandinavia. God is all over the place.
It’s ultimately up to him. Maybe coming back at me directly with what he thinks is evidence is a good sign. The really hardest, perhaps impossible, cases won’t argue... they won’t bargain... they’ll just dodge. Arguing and bargaining implies a context of logic and sense. Dodging is Machiavellian.
That the fellow is talking and thinking is a good thing - some of the most passionate evangelist speakers I have heard started out as atheists and their efforts to disprove God led them to an absolute belief. Funny how that works....