If there is no personal creator God, wouldn the universe and human life have no meaning or purpose?
There are two meanings for the word purpose. One is purpose in relation to something external. By definition the Universe comprises all that exists: there is no outside in relation to which it could have purpose. If God existed, we could include him/her in this All, and in that case the totality “God plus universe” would have and could have no conceivable purpose. Theists claim that God is self sufficient and can exist without purpose. So why can’t the universe? But we can have purpose in the second sense: purpose and goals for our lives which we freely choose for ourselves, in the light of the needs of others humans, animals and ecosystems. The fact that our lives have no external purpose designed by some dictator in the sky liberates us to create our own purposes! For the pantheist, the purpose of life is to connect more deeply and harmoniously with the universe, nature and other humans, and to help others to do so. Finally consider the so-called “purpose” the God of Judaism, Christi
