What is purpose of this cosmos?
105878
42, I've said it before :)
1131443
To reproduce..keeping our life form in existence. Really. That is the only purpose of life...pretty sad huh?
1030866
You do not have an understanding of the basic belief in a monotheistic G-d.  If something is infinite then it has no needs.  If there are no needs there is no use for slaves or servants.
1175849
Life is what you make of it. We're all here for a reason, but that reason is different for every single one of us. The purpose of us living is to fulfill the above, to find out the reason we're here and achieve the goal in satisfying ourselves that we've found out that reason and completed it.
1106728
Hello dear!\nGreat wondering! This is my perception of existence! It is really like that! Of course it does not agree with the laws, dimensions and way of thinking, but I am convinced that this is the truth!
613462
my purpose.\n\nstill finding out since the journey to discovery has yet to end.
961432
I believe it is because God did not make everything ultimately for us, as though we are his greatest affection. Ultimately he made everything because his infinite joy in his own majestic greatness overflowed like a fountain. He didn't make us becuase he needed us or somehow could not stand to go on without a people who would worship him. He didnt create to fulfill a need. He created to express his joy. He is the happiest being that exists and what you see when you find stars beyond our visual range or beautiful deep sea plant and animal life yet to be even discovered is a God of pure joy enjoying his own ability to create wonderous things. From a practical standpoint it does seem pointless to have stars so far away their light will probably not reach us before we're all dead. But I dont think there has to be a practical purpose for something you create. We do it all the time. Its called art. There is a Psalm which says 'the heavens declare the glory of God.' That is their purpose. For the happiest being in the universe to enjoy his own creative greatness, and for us to enjoy him as well.
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Essentially, there is no purpose to anything, life included. We are nothing more than just a collection of particles, a result of the laws of probability. And we will be nothing more than just a bunch of particles when we are gone. Not one action of ours affects the universe or its course. Not one action of ours bears any significance. In the end, all is pointless which gives us the power of absolute responsibility. We give life our own meaning; we have to, otherwise we wouldn't exist. This poistion of having the choice of life's meaning implies that all responsibility is in our hands; we create our own reality, we are the reason why the world looks the way it does. And only we can change it, if we want to. \n\nAs for accidents, returning to the initial argument concerning the particles, all particles have momentum, i.e. a mass and a velocity (which means speed and a direction). Hence, on a theoretical level that can never be reached, the movement of all particles can be predicted. Thus, all future can be predicted and so, essentially, life and all existance (the universe included) is pre-determined, even though we can never know how and by no means can this serve as an excuse. In the end, life is just life, nothing more, nothing less. We have to make it more nonetheless, as we need to have a reason to exist in order to exist.
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It just is.\n\nThat is a great mystery of science.  The universe just is.  It didn't come from anywhere, it just always was.  In order to get a better answer you need to start steering towards religion.
54901
You are basically asking what the meaning of life is.  I believe that we all have a purpose here.  The hard part is chosing the right path to follow in order to get where we are destined to be.
609953
I don't see what this has to do with Science. Can you not ask this in the society category. Ok, maybe Philosophy but I wonder what made you want to ask this in the Science section. You did not ask physical properties, dimensions, theories, or anything related to Science.
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This is what everybody in science thinks is their ultimate goal.\n\nIt would be a theory of how the entire universe works where all the other ideas and theories about everythign all agree with each other and all fit together perfectly. This would range from the creation of the universe, how stars are formed, all the way down to sub-atomic physics. And chemistry, biology etc. \n\nSurely everythign in the whole universe is working according to the same rules?
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The goal of my spirituality is to find the common truth that lies behind all the 'religions' of the world.\n\nI believe that a spark of that truth lies in every human being and that it is my duty to acknowledge it and seek it out through their questions, their needs, and their own sharing of life with me.
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It is a good project.  However, you are looking for simple ideas to link together to answer the meaning of our existence.  People have devoted their lives to just such a task and cannot come up with a definitive answer.  You are taking on one of the questions of the ages.  There will not be a simple answer to this query.\n\nThe truth is that you cannot make sense out of something that just doesn't make sense.\n\nGood luck.
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why? what is the objective?
1036977
hows does knowing where the universe come from help you at all? the whole question is unrelevant... its exists, thats all you need to know... the probably with humanity is that we are so focused on where we came from, not where we're going...
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This is the whole essence of spiritual enlightenment.\nYou KNOW. You UNDERSTAND.\n\nIn which case going around promoting this fact to others serves no purpose. Unless you are trying to just have a bunch of "followers".\n(In which case I would doubt that you have attained such a state.)\n\nAn individual who is spiritually enlightened (if you look back in history) will be trying to help others achieve this state for themselves.