Life has purpose

From dictionary.com we learn the definition of "purpose":

n 1: an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions;

purpose. (n.d.). WordNet® 2.0. Retrieved November 18, 2006, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/purpose

If we plant a carrot seed we anticipate getting a carrot if we nuture its growth.

But we cannot say that life is "the" or even "a" purpose of the cosmos. There is no reason to believe that life developed other than because it was the possible outcome that occurred. Life didn't "have" to happen. It "did" happen.

But once it happened and the functionality—the ongoing capability—of life to replicate biochemical events persisted long enough for the existence of life to produce the awareness of existence then human life took on purpose and meaning:

meaning n 2: the end, purpose, or significance of something: What is the meaning of life? What is the meaning of this intrusion?

meaning. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1). Retrieved November 18, 2006, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/meaning

Existence preceeds awareness and awareness preceeds purpose ... for having a purpose is the anticipation of an outcome of which one must be aware—even if it is imaginary.

To extrapolate the reverse sequence of purpose producing awareness producing existence as in the mind of God ... is what has gotten the human race into trouble ... because it can be clearly seen that we attribute OUR purposes to our Gods. We imbue our Gods with our purposes ... and therein lies the crux of our error.

For as the existentialist says, it matters not whether God exists or doesn't exist, for we are aware of our existence and not of God.

It's like the foxhole prayer ... everyone prays it (or most everyone). Those who survive gives thanks to God. Those who don't survive, we don't hear from.

More to come.