Within the ultimate answer to life, the universe and everything we also understand that certain things have a specific function. The Earth has a function in the fulfillment of the purpose, which is there for a reason.
The Function of the Earth
The Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything
This life is our opportunity to experience sentient life. God is the source of this life and he's made this obvious. However, he's not going to make us believe a certain way. We're free to believe whatever we want about life.
The Reason for Creation
God's ultimate goal is a place which is perpetually light, where there's no impurity or corruption, and where he has fellowship with sentient beings. But he isn't going to make anyone be there unless they want to be there.It's very helpful to know that the universe has a purpose because it helps us to understand the broad narrative. It's also useful to know that there's a reason for this purpose because it shows us the big picture.
The Purpose of Creation
One of the things which allows Matty's Paradigm to be a consistent with the broad narrative of scripture is understanding that creation has a specific purpose. This purpose harmonizes physics with spirituality.
Purpose and Reason
Why did God create the universe? The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything: God created the universe so that sentient beings with free will could make a choice between light or darkness, life or death.
The Light of the Knowledge of the Glory of God
Sadly there are people who've chosen darkness. They're in darkness and that's how they relate to the world. If we show them light they're going to reject it because it's not darkness.
Their Thoughts Were Evil
The universe was created as a way to purify all of the corruption out of the world, and this is being brought about through the action of gravity. No one wants you to know this. Why? Because their thoughts are evil.
Seek and You Will Find
There have been times in our life when we didn't know what to do. Or perhaps we knew what to do but we didn't know how to do it. Or maybe we knew what to do but we just didn't want to do it.
Longsuffering
Hell is the default outcome. The entire world is going to be destroyed. God has offered us a ticket off this doomed rock to be with him for eternity in a new heaven. All we have to do is believe in Jesus Christ.
God Can’t Lie
What are the logical implications of "God can't lie?" Total destruction of the popular science (SciPop) paradigm. Figuratively we're going to do to SciPop what Samson did in Lehi with a donkey's jawbone.