Does our universe have a purpose?

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I was browsing on youtube and found a youtube video by Neil DeGrasse Tyson being asked the question ‘Does our universe have a purpose?’ His answer is 2 minutes long and thought it was insightful, but I did raise an eyebrow a bit when he addressed how religion addresses the questions and believes it failed at it.

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Neil DeGrasse Tyson 'Does our universe have a purpose?
 
Like most of the PBS secularists that are installed czar-like over us and heralded as ‘experts’ I find him … amusing. Just another revisionist.

God made the universe to support life.
 
God created the whole universe and He did this and found it right. “And God saw that it was good.” as we read in the first chapter of the Genesis. Now we have to examine what that means. Newton did not invent the laws of gravitation. Neither did any of the other scientists who simply discovered how the universe interacts. It was God who created everything perfect by giving the universe the Laws of Nature. The purpose of such an act is that God wanted to put man in a place that was suitable to him. Such a place had to go by the Laws of Nature.
 
Here is a childlike and yet profound way to test the power of the greatest commandments; when looking for a purpose for the creation of the universe and life. Can God love us more than he loves himself?

Did God have a complete plan for the creation of everything, did he think ahead? Were Christ’s life, death and resurrection planned before the creation of the universe began?
To search for a deeper meaning, was Christ as ‘One with the father’ for the creation of the universe to go ahead? Was Christ freely given the choice to accept his sacrifice before the creation of the universe began?
What purpose can be so great, that it would compel God to create the universe and life, knowing in advance the suffering of mankind and that his son would die?
Would it be to forgive the sins of mankind, or can there be something greater?

Challenge your mind to find a greatest good purpose for creation; by searching for answers to three questions.

What greatest thing can God create?
God could create all the stars and planets of the universe; he then becomes God the builder.
God could create a whole variety of life with almost no intelligence like plants; he now becomes God the gardener’ God could create life with more intelligence but if the knowledge is limited he has now created the animal kingdom. He now becomes God the farmer. God could create life in his own image, a life that could understand him. Can God create anything greater than children in his own image, does he now become God the Father, we pray to God our Father. Does the greatest thing that God creates, depend on the relationship that he can have with them?

What greatest purpose can God have to create children in his own image?
Could love be the greatest reason for God to create children?
Could the ultimate God be a God who loves in the greatest way?

God the Father willingly loves all of mankind as he loves HIMSELF.

Can God love us more than he loves himself? In a way, God loves us more than he loves himself, because he was willing to do what was good for us but not good for him (send his Son to die). In a sort of contradicting way, God loves himself more than us, because he knows that he is the greatest being in the universe and retains the power of heaven or hell over us. When you ask the question; why did Christ say they are the greatest commandment, can it possibly be because God can do nothing greater?Can there be any greater reason to create children, even for God,
To find a greatest purpose for all God’s children.
What greatest purpose could God set for humanity? Would it be for everyone to turn to His kind of religion and pray the way that he stipulates, or would it be to banish poverty, gain intellectual superiority, conquer sickness and death, and subdue the universe or is there more?

If the greatest reason God could have to create mankind, is to love us, as he loves himself, then God could create mankind, with the freedom to return God’s love

All of mankind to be created with the freedom to love God the creator unconditionally, are we given the greatest commandment as a guide for this very purpose?

God willingly loves everyone as he loves himself; do we also need this same freedom to love everyone in the same way, so that the truth can be complete for God and mankind.

All of mankind, to be created with the freedom to love their neighbour; as they love themselves unconditionally; are we given the second greatest commandment as a guide?
Is this how God wants his children to be one? He wants us to love each other as we love ourselves.

Could the greatest commandments be a Greatest and Ultimate Truth?

If our greatest purpose for creation is to live by the greatest commandments, then this freedom to love also gives us the choice to do both good and evil. Are the greatest commandments powerful enough, to compel God to create the universe and life, knowing in advance the costs involved?

We can marvel at the great attention to detail that is evident in everything from the tiniest single cell of life and right up to the giant structures of galaxies. Can you find any greater purpose for all this to exist? Challenge the above statements in your mind in an honest way, test them against any religious beliefs, and test them against any form of logic.
 
Yes, I am sure that it does, but I am also sure that I will never know or understand that purpose while I am here on the earth, and if and when I get to Heaven, I won’t care any more.

God’s purpose is enough.
 
God created the universe for People to: know God, Love him, and to be happy with in eternity! That is of course, if we choose to live a holy life for God, to Love and serve him! Blessings !
 
Dosen’t the bible state that when this world comes to an end, that this world will be remade into something more wonderful and beautiful. And I wonder if all our pets will be restored to a natural beautiful world. I don’t believe there is any catholic thought on pets.

Just a thought.
 
When I’m not wearing my science geek hat, my take on this is that the sole purpose of the universe is to make say, “WOW!”

😃
 
Carolus_Martell said:
Like most of the PBS secularists that are installed czar-like over us and heralded as ‘experts’
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I don’t think he’s ever called himself an expert. Even the first part of his answer was the phrase “I’m not sure” and close to the end it’s reiterated with “I cannot claim to know for sure.”
 
Yes and no.

It’s like a waiting-room to get into the real world, the eternal life.

It’s like a classroom, where you learn wisdom through suffering.

It’s like a prison, where you pay the debt for sinful Eve.

It’s like a furnace where the soul is purified.
 
TheoloJer said:
I was browsing on youtube and found a youtube video by Neil DeGrasse Tyson being asked the question ‘Does our universe have a purpose?’ His answer is 2 minutes long and thought it was insightful, but I did raise an eyebrow a bit when he addressed how religion addresses the questions and believes it failed at it.
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Neil’s response was one of many. MinutePhysics decided to put his response to video, but if you want to see the other ones that were collected they are all here.

They also collected responses for other questions such as
 
TheoloJer said:
I was browsing on youtube and found a youtube video by Neil DeGrasse Tyson being asked the question ‘Does our universe have a purpose?’ His answer is 2 minutes long and thought it was insightful, but I did raise an eyebrow a bit when he addressed how religion addresses the questions and believes it failed at it.

Here’s the video:
Neil DeGrasse Tyson 'Does our universe have a purpose?
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Theo:

Yes. Everything that is has a final cause, although it may be very difficult for us to ferret them out, at times. In the case of the universe, there are more than likely, a number of final causes. However, they will not all be equal.

E.g., we build cars for the primary final cause of transporting people fairly quickly. But, they can also transport things. And, they can be made to look very pretty - in our driveways. And, they can keep us dry when it’s raining. And, they can provide a measure as to how well we’re keeping up with the Joneses. But, in the case of cars, the primary final cause, or purpose, is undoubtedly transporting people fairly quickly.

I surmise that the purpose of the universe is to provide immense beauty to its Creator, and to any ratiocinating observer. But, it also provided the pathway of preparation for the occurrence of life. 65 million years ago, give or take a year or two, the dinosaurs died out which provided us with such things as unrefined petroleum and petrified wood tables, among other things.

God bless,
jd
 
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