It might seem like a good idea to recruit this guy
I'm not
recruiting, and I take great offense at the suggestion that I am.
But it's not uncommon - in fact, it's the rule - for persons responding to a plea for spiritual guidance from their peers to be told, more or less, "but hey, whatever you do,
don't become an atheist." Well, that's bullshit. Atheism is an entirely legitimate position for someone seeking spiritual truth to adopt, and I'm here to present it as such. I don't care what he winds up believing, but I won't allow atheism to be presented as an outcome of spiritual failure, a destination you only wind up at if you don't have the balls for a "real" spiritual journey.