Forget it Floyd, Robert has been lost to the dark forces of trailer park christianity for quite some time. Once they're this far gone, the neural network that keeps this delusional state intact is hard wired and generally cannot be rerouted. Essentially you are "debating" with a program - some fixed lines of code that run in a continuous loop deep within the recesses of Robert's brain. You are not talking to a "person" per se, but a determinant finite state machine with a very limited set of fixed outputs. Several of his responses actually had me thinking that "Robert" might be an interent bot ("Robert" being derived from "Robot").Robert "the person" if he exists at all (and I suspect he does) is mentally in a state equivalent to cryonic suspension. It is a situation to be pittied more than anything else - and I for one certainly do - because usually something pretty terrible has to happen to a person before they slip into dead netherworlds such as the one Robert inhabits. Severe religious abuse, intense guilt and/or shame stemming from traumatic childhood experiences (I'm guessing abandonment here), demonic possesion, lengthy chemical dependencies - all or any combination of these could be responsible for his condition. I wouldn't even rule out Robert being a vestige of some sick government expirement. It might be interesting to ask him about his past.
What might prove even more interesting would be to reverse engineer his thinking into the lines of code that drive it then feed this code back to him via this forum and see how he responds.
At any rate, if the REAL Robert can here me, I pray that you find someone in your life (human) that can show you some real love and compassion. Its out there, and when you find it, hopefully you'll be able to live again.
