Anything God does in consciousness has purpose, whether it be for instruction, revelation, the conveyance of knowledge, etc. We can impose, with a radio wave of 4 megahertz a communication directly into other's brains. There's details I'm missing writing off the top of my head. Consciousness...
Paul, a brilliant intellectual minded man was dogged in the pursuit of truth in a contrary world. This OP has a duplicitous purpose. The content is a claim. Its origin stands on a foundation of an avowed atheist, Sam Harris. And, distortions in reasoning abound in its content. Nonetheless...