We don't know what 95% of the universe consists of yet Carl Jung KNOWS (in capitals) that God exists.
Carl Jung was nothing more than an immoral astrologer who followed the Fuhrer and never apologised.
And those who follow Carl Jung are in the tradition of Romanticism, Patriarchy and Fascism.
Carl Jung's "God" is no more than a metaphor for the totality of oneself; it doesn't take a Cartesian to figure out, then, how he reached his conclusion that he "knows" God exists. By the time he got into that theory, he was already disillusioned with his religious background, but not so much that residual elements didn't stick with him and influence his ideas/writing. There may be people out there who disagree with my interpretation, but regardless, his God shouldn't be used interchangeably with Judeo-Christian ideas. Surely, it's happened, though. Psychoanalysis in general has had an impact on Christian thought.
EDIT: The reason why he said what he did out of context (and I'm speculating) is because by that point he was already used to affiliating with religious/ spiritual individuals and he had no problem encouraging the thought of God, regardless of who heard it. His attitude toward a creator was different, I think, then anyone who might have been listening. So yes, clarity was forfeit in that interview for a moment of... what I would call... something half-assed and poor.
Jung's ideas don't correspond with what Christians consider holiness - they focus on wholeness (individuality). Another key difference is that while Jung encourages and embraces ones darkness, Christianity is repulsed by it because by Christianity holiness>wholeness. Jung's god also sets this darkness in motion; so on one hand, it's similar to many Christian thoughts in that oneself must take ownership of ones undesirables, but on the other hand, God isn't portrayed as integrating evil within himself in many Christian thoughts. I guess if your thoughts on God are more flexible then there wouldn't be much of a conflict. [MENTION=8543]Nerd Girl[/MENTION]