Tyler, always keep in mind that he has faith in his religion just like we do. It is the foolish man who tries to convince someone to give up his belief system just because we say they should. It is not our job to convince him, only to be an example.
I totally agree but won't use that as an excuse to not put 'the word' out there.
Can someone convert this to AMERICAN (inches, yards and miles)?
The units aren't really that important. It's all about scale. At the magnitudes involved they're pretty meaningless anyway in terms of human comprehension.