I think that the argument is that he is beleieving in the creator even if he does not admit this to even himself, he is suppressing his belief in God due to his unrightiousness.

If we does not believe in a creator how come he upholds a level of morality, loves his mother and believes the sun will rise each morning.

His actions are not consistent with his claimed agnostisism.

The proble is that where does that get you in your debate and I think that it forces your friend to at least face the unsupresses thought for at least a second that there is a God.

Whether God uses this oportunity to show mercy to your friend is of cours eentirely down ro his sovereign will.

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Mike
London City Presbyterian Church
London
England

"Surely, we wish to be orthodox, but we must first learn what real orthodoxy is. Surely, we wish to be progressive, but we must first have a basis to progress from."