[he shrugs a shoulder, like he really couldn't care one way or another. but, he's still continuing the conversation.]

Not even if I explained why it would help? The mechanics of it?

[he tilts his head one way, just a bit, and then back--carefully choosing his words before he continues.]

...I've found that those who don't put any stock in prayer or the matters of the soul are those who have a very limited, human view of the subject.

Which isn't your fault, of course. It's hard for mortals to step back far enough to see how the whole thing really works.