mars pictures..

Because he can’t help himself. Insanity knows no bounds and reason does not apply to the insane. His reality is his alone...but he can’t restrain himself from trying to impose it on others in a vain attempt to make it more legitimate by attempting to recruit others into his warped vision of reality.

He needs professional care...and meds.

Sad really.
Normally, I would say he's accepted the "wager", but that entails rationality.
Rationality, in this case, means that if there's something you really want to believe, that's what you should question the most.