Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you said the Lord. Plans to bring you hope and a future"
Genesis 1:28 "Be fruitful and increase in number" "Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground"
Psalm 8 "You appointed him ruler over everything you made"
Stewardship idea
Aristotles 4 causes, final cause is to have a fellowship with God (Eudaimonia)
Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you"
Roman Catholic denomination follow the five primary precepts developed by Aquinas from Aristotle's 4 causes: W-worship God O-ordered society R-reproduce L-learn D-defend the innocent
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God did not give humans a purpose
Why would we have free will if we had a purpose? it would mean we probably wouldn't achieve the purpose set by God
Atheists see a purpose to life but not through God
Evil exists in the world so God could not have been a perfect creator giving everyone all loving purposes
Humanists- We are just flesh and bones, there is no God and we can do what we choose to
Existentialists- We exist to live as we want to
Criminals,diseases, poverty etc - If there was one set purpose then shouldn't we all know it?
Scientists -The Big Bang Theory and Evolution dissprove one purpose, we are here by chance
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