Weird Conversation

While this took place over a few days via email, here's a conversation I've had with "John." Obviously, I've cut out a lot and replaced it with shorter, meaningless phrases, but that's so I can focus on the real meat of the communication style, not the substance. As I think you'll see, the substance is largely irrelevant, because the style makes the communication largely ineffective.

Him: The modern advent of blahism is our only hope, according to Dr. Blah.
Me: I read up on blahism, and it centers on tithing income to Dr. Blah- isn't that worrisome?
Him: You have to read deep into Dr. Blah's writing to understand, as I have done.
Me: OK, I read "The Zen of Blah", and there are a bunch of problems. He bases his thoughts on the writing of Dr. Past, but Dr. Past has clearly said elsewhere that such thoughts are misinterpretation.
Him: You are too steeped in Sheepism to ever understand. It's despicable. And Dr. Past liked snuff.
Me: I don't understand how that's relevant. What about what I said?
Him: You should contemplate "Flumox in Velvet" by Brushy O'Painter.
Me: Huh? Could you try responding to just one thing I've said?
Him: You are being nasty to me, and I won't stand for it. I'm through talking to you.

Apparently, he's not really through talking to me, because the attempt at conversation continues, but this is where we were when I wrote the above to try to see if there was really something I was missing.