Does the Universe Have a Purpose?

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  1. paradigmsearch profile image60
    paradigmsearchposted 11 years ago

    You decide...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pL5vzIM … mp;index=2

    (2 minutes, 34 seconds)

    1. wilderness profile image94
      wildernessposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      How did you do that?

      Reading the HP political and religious forums I had concluded that there were approximately 3.1415926... people left in the world that could rationally analyze a question and provide an answer and here you found another whole person!

      Well done! big_smile

      1. HattieMattieMae profile image60
        HattieMattieMaeposted 11 years agoin reply to this

        hmm...interesting. Now answer where do we come from? lol

        1. wilderness profile image94
          wildernessposted 11 years agoin reply to this

          From the singularity.  From nothing.  From God's left nostril. 

          Who knows?  Not the scientists trying to unwind the ball of twine called "knowledge" and certainly not the priests of the world who bring forth an answer from their imagination and declare it to be "truth" without ever checking.

          1. paradigmsearch profile image60
            paradigmsearchposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            I'm still prone to the lab rat theory. Us, along with the other 99% of the species that are now extinct. big_smile

            1. wilderness profile image94
              wildernessposted 11 years agoin reply to this

              Could well be.  Young gods, given an assignment to find the minimum intelligence necessary to destroy themselves within a particular time frame. 

              Are we winning? big_smile  Will ours get an "A"?

              1. paradigmsearch profile image60
                paradigmsearchposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                I've noticed no theists have dropped by this thread. I guess they agree with the video...

                1. wilderness profile image94
                  wildernessposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                  About as much chance as being lab rats, I fear. smile

                  1. paradigmsearch profile image60
                    paradigmsearchposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                    Poor things... I wish them well. Actually, I envy them. I mean, "knowing" that the Universe loves you is a pleasant way to live indeed.

      2. paradigmsearch profile image60
        paradigmsearchposted 11 years agoin reply to this

        Thanks! It's what I do. big_smile

    2. twosheds1 profile image60
      twosheds1posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      No.

      1. paradigmsearch profile image60
        paradigmsearchposted 11 years agoin reply to this

        A succinct poster. I've never seen one of those on HP before. big_smile

        1. twosheds1 profile image60
          twosheds1posted 11 years agoin reply to this

          Brevity is the soul of wit.

  2. Dame Scribe profile image56
    Dame Scribeposted 11 years ago

    You mean, I'm not here to be pretty tongue lol wonder if I should be crushed now, hmm hmm

  3. Indigo Atheist profile image68
    Indigo Atheistposted 11 years ago

    No. It exists, but we can't find a reason why it exists, it just does.

  4. profile image61
    logic,commonsenseposted 11 years ago

    The purpose of the universe is to be born, live. then die.

  5. alanrammel profile image69
    alanrammelposted 11 years ago

    Nobody can answer that. frustrating isn't it.

  6. knolyourself profile image59
    knolyourselfposted 11 years ago

    I am the purpose of the universe. The Universe is the purpose of me.
    Universal purposity.

  7. psycheskinner profile image82
    psycheskinnerposted 11 years ago

    The universe is just reality taking a dump.

  8. knolyourself profile image59
    knolyourselfposted 11 years ago

    Dumpster Diving.

    1. wilderness profile image94
      wildernessposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I like that one!  Christmas every day of the year with surprises and gifts.

  9. alanrammel profile image69
    alanrammelposted 11 years ago

    I like how at the end of the first Men in Black film they sum the universe up as a bunch of Marbles in an Alien's bag.

 
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