Brother, I think I know the feeling. & I don’t envy your burden of barney & perseverant friendship. No, that’s a tough nut to crack. Probably the most unbreakable shell that has ever been – aside from the Wingnut nutshell which is impervious to any & all reason/consideration. Bill Maher tried to crack the former ..and really did, for the most part, but no way your pal cracked, I’d bet. I mean, once you resolve that Neptune is the God of Sea Passage, you damn-straight don’t set sail without paying glad tithings and flipping-off a heathen in the name of Neptune. & once you are an American Republican who’s decided that Jell-O brand God-O is All-American & the other non-King’sEnglish speaking some billions all around and in-between are goin to burn in Jell-O brand Hell-O, why Her4.5ring, you kneel neath the Jell-O pulpit and proclaim yourself due spokesman for Jell-O Jesus ..& all license-to-lucidity is out the window. Even if sum billions across brine waters kneel barefoot neath the Al-Wadi Allah pulpit, or burn incents neath the Bai-Xiang Confucian pulpit, ..or pooh-pooh & pshaw neath the unhinged capitalist golden microphone with impunity (actually a bastardization/extension/adoptive lovechild of Jell-O Jesus), ..etc, etc.

(As I stand facing north with a wampum smudge-pot in one hand and a red & black fabric adorned turkey feather in the other, I say to you ((personally)) that I ..just ..don’t ..know ..about anything ..but love, respect, connectivity, doubts, fears, wonder, maintenance, inspiration, exhilaration, information, artistry, history, perseverance, endurance, admiration, consideration, collaboration, inclinations, situations, proactive determination, blood, sweat, tears, laughter, & the protocols of wellness and onus.)