*Why does he keep insisting and pretending that we're actually pals when he perfectly knows that we can't stand him? I don't get it.* He's doing it because he knows it annoys the heck out of you. And he's a jerk, plain and simple. Religion may come into it or it just may be his excuse to behave like a Neanderthal and that is maligning the Neanderthals. It may also get him what he wants. Like I said jerk.