Why are we here...question is NOT how did we get here?

It is amazing how the Bible--considered by many as good but old book--explains the reason for our existence. Check out these Scriptures:

1) Man was placed here on earth--on a small paradise--to have dominion over-all other animals and to take care of it. To expand that paradise globally. ( Genesis, chap 1:28; 2:15; Isaiah 45:18) Unfortunately, we messed it up.

2) Another reason is for us to choose our free will wisely by obeying God's laws so that we could enjoy life to the fullest. (Isaiah 48:17-19; Eccl 12:13)

Why is it so hard to accept the simple fact that we might be nothing more than biological accidents and have no higher purpose at all? That complex life evolved on this planet and through a one-in-trillion shot somehow managed to live long enough to evolve into big-brained primates means we won the cosmic lottery. The sad truth is this unique long-shot probably occurred no where else in the universe.

And when we finally cease to be, probably due to a religion-inspired world war, the universe will just return to what it was before. Stars, dust, and the occasional ball of dirt infested with microbes.

There is no "purpose", it simply "is".

The salmon goes up the stream to procreate, so there must be a purpose? Our "purpose" could just be to live and procreate! I don't see your logic there...

I don't know if there is a bigger purpose. That doesn't change things for me. I don't think you can go wrong if you enjoy your life and try to be a good person.

How are we a 'higher form of animal'? I'm confused. It's hard to answer a question when it's so dominated by ego.

We make our own 'reason' for existence. No one's going to hand it to you on a silver platter. Not everything in life has a deeper meaning, and it's more beautiful because of it. Live life. Enjoy it - don't spend it wondering what you 'should' be doing and just doing what you love. You'll find your 'purpose' along the way.

EPIC FAIL. Saying we must have a purpose is a human interpretation. There are no "higher" forms of animals just different and more intellegent ones. We just are. Earth can facilitate a series of chemical reactions we call life, just like probablity has that other places in this vast universe would also. As intellegence goes up: FUNDIE-SALMON-HUMAN that doesn't mean that "purpose" goes up.

We create our own context.

We can decide that it is all meaningless or we can decide to let it have a meaning. There is no God or nature out there forcing us to do one or the other.

Timothy Leary once quipped that the meaning of life is to ask the question 'What is the meaning of life?' As long as you don't expect to find a final answer, that strikes me as a good start.

I am here to live as totally as I can. To grow and be real. To feel the pain and the wonder of it all. To love and fight and all the rest.

Understandable question but do you really believe any one person is going to have the “right” answer? Your inquiry will never be explained with any certainty. We’re here, it’s a lovely planet, life is full of mysteries and wonder with countless things to do and see and experience. If you fret about the “why” too much you’ll miss out on part of the enjoyment.

You are trying to find a pattern in something that has no such pattern. We are here because we evolved to be this way, end of story.

The Bible is very clear as to what our purpose in life should be! Men in both the Old and New Testaments sought for and discovered the purpose in life. Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived, discovered the futility of life when lived as though this world and all it has to offer is all there is. He gives these concluding remarks in the book of Ecclesiastes: "Here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil" (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14). Solomon says that life is all about honoring God with our thoughts and lives and thus keeping His commandments, for one day we will stand before Him in judgment. Part of our purpose in life is to fear God and obey Him.

Another part of our purpose is to see life on this earth in the perspective—it is not to be compared with the next life. Unlike those whose portion is in this life, King David looked for His satisfaction in the time to come. He said, "And I—in righteousness I will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness" (Psalm 17:15). To David, full satisfaction would come on the day when he awoke (in the next life) both beholding God's face (fellowship with Him) and being like Him (1 John 3:2).

In Psalm 73, Asaph talks about how he was tempted to envy the wicked who seemed to have no cares and built their fortunes upon the backs of those they took advantage of, but then he considered their ultimate end. In contrast to what they sought after in their lives, he states in verse 25 what mattered to him: "Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you." To him, a relationship with God mattered above all else in life. Without that relationship, life has no real purpose.

The apostle Paul talked about all that he had achieved religiously before being confronted by the risen Christ, and he concluded that all of it was like a pile of garbage to him now compared to the excellence of knowing Christ Jesus, even when that included suffering the loss of all things. In Philippians 3:9-10, he says that he wants nothing more than to know Christ and “be found in Him,” to have His righteousness and to live by faith in Him, even if it meant suffering and dying like Him. Paul’s purpose was knowing Christ and being found having a righteousness from Him obtained through faith in Christ, and living in fellowship with Him even when that brought on suffering (2 Timothy 3:12). Ultimately he looked for the time when he would be a part of the "resurrection from the dead."

Our purpose in life, as God originally created man, is to enjoy (1) fellowship with Him, (2) relationships with others, (3) work, and (4) dominion over the earth. But with man's fall into sin, fellowship with God was broken, relationships with others are often "rough," work seems to always have its bad points, and man struggles to maintain a semblance of dominion over nature whether it is over the weather or over the weeds in a field or garden. In the new heavens and new earth, man’s purpose will be fulfilled, and we will be involved in all of these once again in a restored state of perfection. But how does one become one who makes it to the new heaven and earth? And what are we to do for now? Is there only meaning in the next life when the curse of sin is removed? Jesus Christ, the Son of God, left His home in heaven, became fully human while still retaining the fullness of deity, and came to earth to gain eternal for us as well as to give us meaning in this life. Because it was our sinfulness that separated mankind from God and brought upon us the curse, Matthew 1:21 says that Jesus came to "save his people from their sins."

The Westminster Confession states that the chief end of man is “to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.” We glorify God by fearing and obeying Him, keeping our eyes on our future home in heaven, and knowing Him intimately. This is our purpose in life.

To pro-create to the point we destroy the earth and all its other inhabitants..... we are something like lice.... just icky and all over everything.. some are worse than others..... we definitely dont make a world a better place.... look around you