Christians.What is the purpose of human life?

Question

Do you really believe it is to worship god?
Do you really think that your god is so insecure and attention seeking that he would create an entire race with the sole purpose of worshipping him?
Do you really believe he is that narcissistic and self centred?
If not,what other reason would he have had to create us?

Answer 1

You are completely missing the point of this. Here is the answer to your questions:

1. Purpose of human life: to love the Lord your God with all your heart and to treat you neighbor as you would have them treat you. You might disagree with the God part, but you can't really argue against treating people the same as you want to be treated, can you? No doubt all Christians don't do it, but that doesn't make the law wrong.

2. Worshipping God is part of it, but that is a gross oversimplification of what most Christians believe. You can come on here and misconstrue Christian beliefs, but all that does it make you look like the ignorant one. The fact is that we believe in God, so naturally we would want to connect with God. THAT is what worship is about.


3. Worshipping God has nothing to do with God's needs. It has everything to do with OUR needs. People who worship God get something out of it. Worshipping God is a reward, and it helps teach us humility and brings us together. God doesn't need it. We do.

4. Same thing goes for your self-centered argument. You are presuming that worship is for God, but that is simply not true.

5. Who knows why God created us? Why anything at all? Why love your neighbor if we're just here for ourselves? Why be humble or caring or anything? Why are we here if God doesn't exist? Most importantly... who cares? Ultimately this question is totally irrelevant. It doesn't matter why he did, but rather that he did it. If you do not believe in God, what do you care?

Don't get me wrong. I don't intend this in any way to try to convince you that there is a God. You can find that out for yourself, or not. Whatever floats your boat. I only have a problem with people like you coming on here and misconstruing what our beliefs are to try to prove your point. You obviously don't know what you are talking about. Alas, some Christians come on here and do the same thing to you, no doubt. So, honestly, I guess I don't blame you. But this is my two cents worth anyway. Have a good one!

Answer 2

While some Christians do seem to have that concept of the purpose of life, it's based on a misunderstanding of the scriptures. Fortunately, God continues to speak to prophets today and truth regarding such matters is available.

The purpose of life is for us to come to truly understand the principles of happiness.

Prior to earth life, we lived as spirit children of a Heavenly Father. To further our education, he designed this earth with conditions to allow us to develop a better understanding of truth. It's one thing to be told what is right, but understanding is more likely to occur if we experience what happens when people make both good and bad choices. Earth life facilitates those experiences and also forces us to choose between competing ideas of truth, allowing growth and development.

For example, I teach my children that lying is wrong and why. Hopefully they will understand and obey, but they may develop a better understanding as they experience what happens when a relationship is damaged due to dishonesty. I can only hope they don't choose to make all the bad decisions themselves.

The web site shown below has further information including some short videos that further explain the purpose of life.

Answer 3

Perhaps the purpose of human life is to refine damaged soul substance. Perhaps we're here to learn so when our human bodies die, we will be able to navigate the spiritual world. I give thanksgiving to the creator of all things every day for everything I see, because everything I see is he. This question is nearsighted and it illustrates your outlook on Christianity. Be careful what labels you fling around, you are self responsible for your own immortal soul. I believe we were created for a reason we cannot grasp and will not for a very, very long time yet. Keep searching, you'll find the Divine Nucleus within yourself some day and everything will get brighter. Be blessed.

Answer 4

God created us for the sloe purpose of being with us, and for us to be with him. I can see you have no true desire for the truth of God in your life and for that I am truly sorry for you, God cannot be put on the same plain as we are, nor can we assume things we know nothing about, For a wise man of the world, you seem to have it all together and need for nothing, how perfect your life must be to be in total control, and to know the so-called truth of your existence. WOW! I'm impressed! So what do you put your faith in? Yourself? Your spouse, your long underwear? Seriously! Where do you turn, when you have a bad day, or how do you find comfort when a loved one dies? I find a lot of comfort from worshipping a God that is far greater than any empire that man can create, and to know that, when things are at there positive worst, God is there for me, OK! So you may say I;m weak! That's OK! Because I have Jesus.

Answer 5

God created man to have a relationship with him. Worship is one part of that relationship - but not the only.

Just as there are times when you simply want to express your love and appreciation for a spouse, a parent, a child, a friend, etc., so there are time when a Christian just as to express that to God.

And it is a two way street, as God expresses his love, support, appreciation, and praise for us. That is what people who love each other do.

Answer 6

He is neither narcissistic nor self-centered, as evidenced by the fact that He sent His only begotten Son to die for our sins. He does not seek attention, and He is not insecure. He created us so that we could experience and know the full measure of His grace. That is our ultimated purpose. He loves us, and He wants us to know just how deep that love is.

Answer 7

1 John 4:8 - "God is Love" He created us because he wanted us to be happy here on earth. He created us to live forever in a paradise. His purposes never change, he still intends for people to be in a paradise earth. He didn't want Adam and Eve to mess things up and that's why he gave his son as a ransom to redeem us from sin and death. If he had meant us to live in heaven, he would have created us there. Doesn't it make you happy to watch a small animal (say a kitten or puppy) play? Or even watching our own children play? Why would God want us to give that up?
I don't know about you, but I don't want to die - ever. I want to stay on earth and help restore it back to it's intended beauty.

Answer 8

YVHV God The Father states in His Word The Bible that He created all things for His pleasure. After the fall of lucifer, and lucifer tried to draw with him 1/3 of Gods stars(children), God in all His love and mercy decided to create man in the flesh. He could have just wiped out those third that followed lucifer, but He loves all His children and gave us this flesh life to walk through for a short time as sort of a test to see if we love Him or satan. It says in Genesis that it grieved God that He made man flesh. I'm sure it still saddens Him to see that some would choose satan over His love, but it's all in His plan and He is a fair God.

Answer 9

Yes, I really believe it is to worship God.
No, I do not think he is insecure and attention seeking.
Yes, I do think he created an entire race to worship him.
No, I do not believe he is narcissistic and self centered.

Answer 10

The whole role of human life is to serve God, to the second part yes it is the free will we have received, no I don't think he is self centered he created us in his own image. We were his best creation, we have the ability to reason, unlike most animals thats what sets us apart from animals well at a philisophical perspective.