DOES THE UNIVERSE HAVE A PURPOSE?

Many do not understand how morality could have emerged and evolved at all, or at least in a coherent manner, in a universe without a higher power and higher purpose. They erroneously assume and fear that human societies in a purposeless universe would be devoid of purpose, meaning and morality. In actual fact, for a variety of reasons, the less strong a society's belief in a higher power and higher purpose is, the more cooperatively interdependent it tends to be. Highly secular democracies are far ahead of nations of religious believers in the path toward creating more peaceful, compassionate and flourishing societies. Our human sense of purpose is not dependent on the universe having a purpose. The universe is highly unlikely to have a purpose, but humans have evolved to be highly purpose-driven. Our human sense of purpose is neither derived from nor dependent on the universe having a purpose. We accept that the responsibility to define purpose, meaning and morality is all ours.