I told my ex that we shouldn't talk for a while. and his response? help :(

My ex and I broke up 6 months ago. he is seriously the nicest guy I've ever met, and I was his first girl friend. But he broke up with me because of religious issues. Any who I contacted him once last month, and since then he keeps on contacting me. its a like if I say that I don't like him anymore, but I really wanna move on and he made things super hard for me to move on Because he kept on contacting me saying hey and stuff. so 3 days ago when he contacted me, I told him that we shouldn't talk for a while. he didn't even ask why and said okay and that hell always be there so if I wanted to talk to him talk to him anytime. before the whole don't talk to me convo he was excited that I was going to an event he was going to , like he really wanted to see me. he dumped me and I don't wanna look desparate, but do you think that he still likes me? I really don't get this guy. I don't get how to interpret his behavior to my 'we shouldn't talk' ..
I told my ex that we shouldn't talk for a while. and his response? help :(
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