“I can't say this is the answer, but, the fact that he is an atheist means that he believes in God,”
Do you even English?
“because you cannot not believe in something that you do not believe exists.”
So, you believe that Thor exists, because you’re a Christain?
Venus, Ishtar, Inanna, Zeus, Jupiter, Wotan?
"Perhaps if you where to ask him questions like, "why do you think we are here?"”
For the pussy.
“or "where do you think we go when we leave here?"”
Starbucks.
“or "do you believe that you will have to pay consequences for your actions?"”
I have SO many speeding tickets, so, yes.
“-- perhaps those kinds of questions will trigger his imagination to be more open to at least speculate that there may be a higher being in this world”
He might just be comfortable with ‘I don’t know,’ then where are you?
“and that people did not just involve”
ENGLISH!
“on this planet for absolutely no reason.”
Your distaste for reality doesn’t constitute evidence.