"Looking into it...," scriptures are ambiguous," translation (after 8 months): " We can't find anything to say you're wrong, but we sure as hell (pardon the pun) aren't going to say you're right because the fear of eternal hellfire is our bread and butter, the big stick in the whole carrot/stick thing."

I''ll tell you how many months you'll have to wait, all of them. They're stalling and hope "agree to disagree," and a pat on the back will cause him to forget about it.