Essay On Mankind's Purpose

The first time I actually questioned mankind’s purpose was when I was speaking with a fellow atheist, such as myself. We were just conversing on many philosophical topics when the idea of destiny and fate came up. This soon led to us debating whether or not mankind has a greater purpose. My stance on the topic was that only a creator could give a product a purpose, and because I do not believe that there is an infinite divine substance, a purpose could not have been given for our life, which was merely the result of probability and chance (As the universe expands, odds are, at least one planet will be created with the right conditions to harbor our form of life). Rather, we can use knowledge to create our own individual purposes while still …show more content…
This divine substance being the absolute truth, imposes his will upon his creations. For christians, the ultimate goal is to reach heaven when one dies, and also to help as many people as possible find heaven along the way. This contrasts with the atheistic type philosophies in that humans do not have freedom to live as you wish, without punishment that is, and that your morals are already predetermined for you. Albeit, It can be argued that in a situation, one still has the opportunity to choose the right over the wrong, however, in the end, God is the one chooses what is right and wrong in the first place. With that being said, in christian beliefs, all knowledge derived from one infinite source, God, and we are born with some innate knowledge such as the ability to discover God. Other knowledge, can be obtained in the usual ways. So in a sense, knowledge still plays a part in determining one’s purpose in life, though just not as big as in atheistic beliefs where one must develop their own knowledge to come to the conclusion that God does not exist, rather than have been born with an innate knowledge of