Does the Universe Have A Purpose?
The Templeton Foundation is conducting a "conversation" among scholars and scientists, who each month are asked a "Big Question." One of the questions asked was, "Does the Universe Have a Purpose?" and the answers were very interesting.
Among those who provided an answer was Elie Wiesel, who started by writing, "I hope so. And if it doesn’t, it’s up to us to give it one."
He also adds, "Though God created the world, it is up to people to preserve, respect, enrich, embellish, and populate it, without bringing violence to it."
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