On 26 November 2013 17:51, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote:

>  On 11/25/2013 7:35 PM, LizR wrote:
>
>  On 26 November 2013 15:31, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>   All things I do.
>>
>> So why does purpose presuppose something like God?  In fact I don't see
>> that something like God could add or subtract from my purposes - although
>> He might affect my methods and whether or not I realized my purposes.
>>
>>  Because we were talking about the purpose of life, not the purposes of
> living beings.  For life to have a purpose, one must assume that it (or the
> universe) has been designed to fulfill some function. At least that is what
> (imho) it would mean for life or the universe to have a purpose.
>
>
> OK.  But in that case I don't see any reason to think 'life' or 'the
> universe' has any purpose.
>
> ...which was my original point. Thank you :)

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