*Can consciousness be used to argue for the existence of God?* Research scientist and anthropologist Marilyn Schlitz examines the argument from consciousness, questioning whether our awareness of something “greater” points to a higher reality—or reflects a human construction shaped by culture and cognition.
In conversation with Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Schlitz explores how experiences of connection, transcendence, and wholeness may give rise to concepts of God, and whether this implies a supreme consciousness or a symbolic framework created to make sense of the unknown.
*Marilyn Schlitz*, Ph.D., is a research scientist, medical anthropologist, and writer on the subjects of consciousness, healing, and consciousness-based healthcare. She is currently Professor of Transpersonal Psychology at Sofia University, CEO/President Emeritus and Senior Fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences.
0:00 An Obsession with God’s Existence
0:34 The Argument from Consciousness
1:05 Origins of Religion (Durkheim)
2:50 Two Levels of the Argument
4:03 God as a Human Construction
6:07 Consciousness and Global Consciousness
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