Ms. Critiique, in my humble experience that person is dealing with eternal pain and s/he has to work on their relationship with Hashem. There is no point in you pushing Shabbos on them because Shabbos is NOT the issue. The source of their pain is the issue and that is what they need to address and deal with. Whoever was that source has caused this person to give up his Torah and Mitzvos that is how huge the pain he is carrying actually is. He is running away from the pain and doesn’t realize that the person that hurt him so badly does not represent Yiddishkeit. That person represents his own bad choices and his weakness that can’t control his own yetzer horah. It is possible that this person was humiliated, abused, physically hurt, or any number of things that you just don’t know and don’t understand. If you are close enough to him to ask him why he is running away from himself and everything that he really is from the inside out, or what tremendous pain he is carrying within, you might be able to have a logical dialogue with him and direct him to the right person that will help him. If you are not that close you can just say, you understand that he is going through something huge that you are not privy to, but that you love him as a friend and fellow Jew regardless and the best thing you can tell him is to reach toward Hashem and not away from Hashem for the answers.
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