What is God's Purpose for being?

God needs no purpose. Its like my parents always said when I asked why...."Because I said so."
For the likes of all of us, however, perhaps WE are Gods purpose...after all, He gave His Son for us....and is not a Son representative of a purpose continued?

Imagine if you had a rich Daddy who no longer worked. You were 16 and did not want to go to school. He told you that you had to do it. You said, Why do I need to work if YOU don't? What do you think his response would be??

To a Christian Theist, God is the Daddy...He needs no purpose except to be God. Our purpose is to fullfill His eternal purpose and destiny that He foreknew from the get go. I suppose that to an atheist or a skeptic, we as humans need no purpose...if you wanna be a bum. Party till ya drop, I guess. As for God, I've never really cared what He does with His daily agenda. Whatever He wants, is all I know.

Hey,DC85...this IS a difficult concept, and all that each of us have is our opinions, beliefs, and conclusions. Lets start with the definition of the word, "purpose". Keep in mind that my explanation is influenced by my belief paradigm, DC. God has a purpose unto Himself as a proposal to Himself. This makes no sense from a human objective viewpoint but from the viewpoint of an eternally existing Creator it makes perfect sense. So what is mans purpose? The so called religious "experts" in the time of Jesus rebelled against the evident authority which Jesus carried with (and within) him. For an atheist, quotations from the Bible to explain the Bible never impresses. Let us turn to the only OTHER source besides the Word of God.....human wisdom. By the way, when I discuss issues pertaining to God and faith with people like you who do not accept the Bible as any more than a fallible book, I am mindful and respectful of the fact that you, like I, wish to learn more. For me, I habitually use Gods Word as a comparitive standard...a yardstick of philosophy, as it were. What do philosophers say about "purpose"? I really can't define Gods purpose beyond what one can gather concerning such a thing. I believe that all of us are part of His overall purpose and plan. And I can't imagine why anyone would not want one!

Sounds reasonable to me. Anyone else?This message has been edited by Phatboy, 10-18-2004 04:01 AM

This one is hard to answer. I could go to the Bible and pull up some scriptures, but IF the question is to be directed at God and His business BEFORE we were around, I can only ask Him directly. Let me attempt to have you frame your point,DC85. Are you attempting to assert that having a purpose is NOT a necessary trait of human existance? OR...are you asking for feedback just to watch our various thought processes in response to your question??
I will wing it with your question....God had US as one of His main purposes before we were actually created. I am uncertain as to the reason that He created an entire Universe. I do NOT rule out life on other planets, nor do I rule out that Creation was for God and not for Us. In the Bible, God makes it a point through the human authors to let us know His thought process. He seems to want us to acknowledge Him as the Origin and the Center of all meaning. Indeed, He commands us to Love Him above all else. I can understand that from the viewpoint of one who does not believe in God, much Biblical dialogue is to be ignored. Another question for you, DC85. Do you believe that humans need to pool their wisdom as a source in order to find answers to the questions and problems that we have? If so, are you willing to include those of us who have given our individual minds over to the belief that God is OUR source? Or do we interfere with the unbiased thought pool of pure secular thinkers??
Also...if you equate human justification with Gods justification, are you advocating a Popeye Philosophy? < !--UB -->< !--UB -->< !--UE-->This message has been edited by Phatboy, 10-18-2004 04:32 AM

Brennakimi, that was a great explanation! One of the best that I've heard! BTW Does anyone know why we can't find Noahs Ark?