Wonderings 7

 What is our purpose?

In the past, our purpose, at least for Americans, was to enter heaven by believing in Jesus...  however, as I grew older, I began to wonder about the other major religions and why were Americans just focused on Christianity.

Even if one accepted all TWELVE RELIGIONS (in a combined sense) as being the gateway to our purpose here on earth, it does not explain the VASTNESS OF THE UNIVERSE.

Purpose must have meaning and it makes no sense that religion is what caused the creation of the universe...  UNLESS our TWELVE RELIGIONS were specifically designed for the ENTIRE UNIVERSE.

AND...  if that is the case, then there must be other human beings out there or other life forms (entities) that have a need for our religion.

So, until we understand more about RELIGION, I am not sure is that represents a fair purpose.

Some other purposes:

• Propagation of the Human Race
• Acquiring as much wealth as you can
• Acquisition of assets
• Acquiring power/control over people/land
• Living life to the fullest
• Acquisition of knowledge
• Becoming one with nature
• Living life as simply as one can
• Growing technology
• Space exploration
• Treating others as you want to be treated
• Exploring the arts

As you can see, a long list has been easily created and there are many other items that could have been listed that would have answered the question as to our purpose.

Mankind is the only creature on earth (we cannot speculate outside of earth) that KILLS other living creatures for pleasure and not just for survival.

That statement should have been listed as one of our purposes.    SURVIVAL

The rather important question here that has been rather obviously avoided is...

IS MY PURPOSE MORE VALID THAN YOUR PURPOSE?

Maybe our purpose is just to think about what our purpose might be and then to convince others to believe like we do...  which means our purpose is changing people's minds.