Questions on this topic have even led a number of philosophers to claim that we do not really exist and that the whole world is imaginary. How can human beings intellectually deduce the reality of their existence when they can hardly understand how their own brain or its higher entity, the mind, functions?Ĭonsequently, the many philosophers who have speculated on this question down through the ages have come up with innumerable answers, all of which are based on assumptions which cannot be proven. This is not a topic for human speculation, because human guesswork cannot possibly produce the whole truth in this matter. both aspects of the question will be explored based on the clear picture painted by divine revelation.

From the point of view of God it would mean, “What caused God to create human beings?” while from the human point of view it would mean “For what purpose did God create humans?” Both points of view represent aspects of the intriguing question “Why do I exist?”. To answer the question “Why did God create man?” it must first be determined from which perspective the question is being asked.

For them it was, and still is, important to know about the Creator and the purpose for which He created human beings. However, the vast majority of humankind over the ages have believed and continue to believe in the existence of a Supreme Being who created this world with a purpose. According to them, there simply is no purpose to existence. Consequently, to them, the question “Why did God create man?” had and still has no answer. Matter, in their opinion, is eternal and mankind is merely a chance product of accidental combinations of its elements. Throughout the ages, however, there has been a minority among humans who have denied the existence of God. Therefore, human beings need to know the purpose for their existence in order to make sense of this life and to do what is ultimately beneficial for them. Since purposeful action is a natural product of human intelligence, humans conclude that the Supreme Intelligent Being Who created them must have done so for a specific purpose.

Nor do humans instinctively conclude that they were brought into existence without a purpose. No one imagines that the waves from the sea settled in the sand and by chance produced a depression looking exactly like human footprints. When human beings come across footprints on a beach, they immediately conclude that a human being had walked by there some time previously. The variety and complexity of the intricate systems, which constitute the fabric of both human beings and the world in which they exist, indicate that there must have been a Supreme Being who created them. Everybody at some time or another asks themselves the question “Why do I exist?” or “For what purpose am I here on earth?” The purpose of creation is a topic that puzzles every human being at some point in his or her lifetime.

What is the point of existence