To be fair I have to tell you that he was aware of the paradox, but he's a pragmatist and was only willing to accept a pragmatic proof. We met with agreement only we we concluded that it was useful to notice for example, that reasonable people will independently arrive at a common realization of the value of community service (translation: love your neighbor as yourself).
He calls himself an 'atheist'-- a word that describes only what he doesn't believe, and nothing of what he does believe. I honestly feel that with time we could have agreed on a common concept of our Creator.