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Nethaji
May 14, 2009, 09:37 AM
:cool: Thanks
NeedKarma
May 14, 2009, 09:48 AM
Not everything has a purpose.
excon
May 14, 2009, 09:53 AM
Hello n:

Yes. It serves as a platform for us to exist on. Was this an intended purpose? I dunno. Something made the big bang go off.

excon
artlady
May 14, 2009, 09:56 AM
It would seem so,otherwise is would just be a big waste of space.
ScottGem
May 14, 2009, 10:00 AM
As a deist, I believe that some intelligent force created the universe. I therefore have to suspect they had some reason for doing so.

By the way this world is turning out, I would say that purpose was one cosmic joke. :D
Capuchin
May 14, 2009, 03:21 PM
I think this is probably the best way to answer this question:

http://www.templeton.org/purpose/pdfs/bq_universe.pdf

Every year the john templetson foundation asks a number of scientists and scholars for their views on a big question. The first one they asked is the one you're asking here, and the document above shows their answers.