Rocks become sand and clay, Gruff ! I see that as being its purpose. Imagine how else would we have created our dwellings, worn clothes and eaten juicy melons !
In my view, the " purpose " need not be synonimous with intent or drive. It may just lie in " consequences " or " usefulness," to the rest of the creation down the line. Along these lines, trees are very much laden with purposes ! On Apr 15, 4:09 am, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > Purpose presupposes sentience. Rocks have no purpose other than being > a rock, if one can call that a purpose. I can't. But sentient > creatures can have purpose. Purpose I believe is a choice, at least > in creatures of higher intelligence, and since we are the highest > intelligence in the known universe we have the greatest ability to > create and choose purpose, which we do. Our purpose -- at least as > far back as cave art -- is self defined, and given that much I suspect > ever since our minds became elevated above all others we have chosen > our own purpose. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
