Be fruitful and multiply. That is why we men are always horny ready to fuck.

Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth

Did you ever see that Twilight Zone episode where we all end up like TV dinners.......well there you have it......lol

I do not believe in the God of Creation, but I do think there is something at work here.

I believe we as a sentient species have actually forgotten why we came here in the first place, a mission lost to the ravages of time, and that somewhere in the past, a cataclysmic event occurred that resulted in the loss of our ancient ancestral memories and collective histories. The Great Flood is a common theme that crosses almost every culture on all continents. Or who is to say how much knowledge was lost when the library at Alexandria was destroyed? All I have to do is study the history of the Piri Reis map, to realize just how much we've forgotten and lost.

Look at the caduceus, an ancient symbol consisting of two serpents intertwined around a staff. Often associated as a symbol for medicine, have you ever noticed its shape and design looks very much like the double helix design of DNA? Coincidence? Did we know about genetic manipulation thousands of years ago? The ancient Sumerians understood breeding, which implies some rudimentary understanding of genetics, at least on a husbandry level.  
(yes the Rod of Asclepius is the actual symbol for medicine, and the caduceus the symbol for Hermes, but it is the shape and dimension of EITHER stave that bears further scrutiny as to its true origins. I believe them both to be related in ancient history, with medicine and science.)

Look at the Indian Vedas, or other ancient writings from the Indian subcontinent, and you find amazing stories that can easily be understood as technology far beyond anything we would imagine possible in that time frame. Radioactivity indicative of nuclear explosions dating back thousands of years, flying palaces called Vimana that could have been powered by mercury vapor engines, or even some advanced form of magnetic control that could manipulate gravity. Concepts that are relatively recent for us, and yet discussed in GREAT detail in ancient tomes that have been written continuously going back thousands of years. And yet, much of it is forgotten, or remains a mystery to be translated out of the thousands of ancient documents still awaiting translation.

I could point you towards the Sphinx, enigmatic, ancient, and awesome. And yet, considering how brilliantly the Egyptians designed the Pyramids, is it really likely they would have carved the Great Sphinx with a head so out of proportion to the rest of its body. I qm much more inclined towards the theories that the Sphinx is much closer to the 12-15000 year age its lowest levels seem to indicate, especially the water line at its base, rather than merely the 5000 years of the Pharaonic dynasties.

Hell, I could go on and on, but I'm not getting paid for this lecture on alternative theories of human ancient history, and at least one of the dimwits on here will be overflowing with mockery.

To sum up, I think at one time in the history of our planet, perhaps as far back as Pangaea, we AS A WHOLE SPECIES, did have a purpose and a mission, but it has been lost to us.

So make up whatever purpose that makes you happy.

To even ask the question implies a suspicion, if not belief, that there is something rational being above man.

If there is not, there is no purpose.  We do what we want because there is no why.

I cut down 200 trees to make a toothpick.  Why not?  There is not "purpose" to people or trees.

it's to raise up and teach children to be good people, to love, to cherish life, and be good adults and help guide them to be good parents, good wives and good husbands.

Most of us want to be remembered, particularly by those whom we loved, and who loved us. Hence, we want to love and be loved. This is in a much broader sense than what our word for love means, but more like the range of love reflected in the Greeks having several words describing types of love (see link).

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