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Interesting comments, but to address just the OP's comments, I would suggest that you do not mess with him.

As Tabs mentioned in one of his posts, his mental state could cause an unexpected reaction that no one wants to happen. Clearly, by the account posted, he appears to need professional mental health care, not input from friends that plays into his delusions--that would only confirm his world view. Delusions are real to the deluded.

He needs help, but as an adult that is not a danger to himself or to others (as far as we know), there is no way to force him to get the help. If these delusions are in the forefront of his consciousness--meaning he dwells on them nearly all the time and his life revolves around them--his situation, mentally, looks grim. The comment about his wife leaving him seems to be for that very reason.