The Purpose of Everything

By W Gregory Hallman

Wouldnt you just love to truly understand the purpose of your life, along with that of everyone and everything else in existence?

This is not as difficult to realize as some believe. We only need to openly resolve a few fundamental questions from a big-picture perspective. Then understanding the purpose of everything will become more a matter of common sense than such a great mystery.

These are the basic questions:

Did we merely evolve, or were we created? If we were created, why were we created? If we were created by God, whose god, from which religion, is the genuine God? Can we know with absolute certainty that particular God is real? Why would any factual God allow bad things to happen to so many good people? And, can we know with certainty whether theres an afterlife?

We all instinctively contemplate these questions, either consciously or subconsciously, so we must resolve them to understand who we are and our place in the grand scheme of things.

Lets settle these issues once and for all.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Jul 19, 2012
• ISBN: 9781449752231

W Gregory Hallman

About the Author As a Christian father and mentor, my greatest aspiration is to help people rise above the ever-increasing assault against not only our faith, but also our very creation by God. Only we can teach our children, and others, the truth. The public educational institutions, and every form of media available, are relentlessly bombarding our minds with the supposition of a big-bang followed by haphazard evolution as the only intellectually sophisticated explanation for our existence. Simultaneously, the bogus glamour of evil is being successfully promoted as superior to Gods ways of excellence and genuinely exhilarating fulfillment in life. All of this deception can easily be overcome with just a little practical logic exalted by Biblical wisdom. Ive spent many years during my career writing extensive yet interesting and successful business proposals; I believe that entire experience was merely preparation for writing a particularly straightforward and engaging proposal for the Christian faith. Im very hopeful it can be of substantial value to the body of Christ; not only for helping us confidently explain the sheer logic of God as the only viable source of all creation, but also in testifying to others about Gods astonishing purpose for us within His creation. I thank the Lord for preparing me to begin this labor of love, and I humbly thank you for helping me to finish it by spreading these words to others.

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Table of Contents

Introduction: We All Have Issues to Resolve

1 Where to Begin?

2 The Ancients

3 Which One is Right?

4 Why Are We Here?

5 A Fouled Up Situation

6 The Serpent and The Seed

7 Know Your Enemy

8 The Man Must Agree

9 The Woman Must Agree Too

10 The Perfect Man and the Spring Festivals

11 The Lion and the Fall Festivals

12 Unique Purpose

Endnotes

Introduction:

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We All Have Issues to Resolve

The resolution of our inherent issues is the process by which we begin to understand the purpose of everything. So, what is the purpose of everything? What is the purpose of our lives, and all other life, as well as that of every non-living thing in existence? These are questions we all intuitively contemplate, and they must be resolved if we’re to truly understand our place in the grand scheme of things. In the course of examining these questions we’ll not only begin to realize our purpose as individuals, but also that of all humanity. Then we can begin to comprehend the purpose of all things in existence…the purpose of everything.

We’re all searching for the answers to these fundamental questions, either consciously or subconsciously. We instinctively try to resolve them by pursuing some elusive ingredient that will seemingly provide us with a sense of fulfillment…thereby applying purpose to our lives. We typically attempt to obtain that elusive dynamic through personal achievements, possessions, and relationships with spouses, children and friends. While those aspects of life can bring a great deal of satisfaction, it never seems to be enough to establish a truly enduring sense of fulfillment. There’s always something more, some greater level of fulfillment we’ve yet to achieve.

That lasting sense of fulfillment can be realized; we can discover that key ingredient we’re all seeking, but to do so we must first begin to understand our true purpose as individuals. To truly understand our purpose as individuals we must begin with an understanding of the purpose of all people, the entire human race. Then, and only then can we begin to comprehend the purpose of everything else.

To understand the purpose of the human race we need to resolve a few more questions. They’re elementary yet weighty questions and our answers must be clearly evident and entirely rational, if we intend to discover the genuine purpose of everything.

We can begin to methodically answer these questions by starting with the most obvious evidence we all know beyond any shadow of a doubt. We exist. Yes, we clearly exist, but where did we come from, and why are we here? Those are the first two elementary questions we must resolve. Are we the result of a chance cosmic explosion? Are we nothing more than star dust that settled here in just the right place, at just the right time to eventually evolve into living, thinking beings? Did an ancient race of aliens from some distant planet colonize us here for some unknown reason, or is there truly a God who created us for some purpose? Those questions lead to three more elementary questions. If there is a Creator God, whose god from which religion is the authentic God? Can we know with certainty that particular God is real? Then we have the ever-present question of why any factual God would allow so many bad things to happen to good people?

Our history is riddled with violent destruction of human life, and our future doesn’t seem any brighter; in fact, we’re seemingly on the verge of extinction. Everyone from religious scholars to scientists seems to sense we’re on the brink of some major event, or series of events, threatening our very existence…either through self-destruction or natural disaster. Many scientists believe our demise will be the result of global warming; others think there could possibly be an ice age or perhaps a massive asteroid impact, any of which could possibly wipe out all life on the earth. The amazingly accurate Mayan calendar of time and celestial events has reached its abrupt ending. Then we have the astonishing precision of the ancient Hebrew prophecies along with many other religious prophecies, all of which seem to indicate some form of life altering events are soon to occur. While there are many variations to their scenarios all of these predictions seem to agree it’s not a matter of if, but only a matter of when they will occur. This all leads to yet another elementary question to be resolved: where, if anywhere, do we go from here? Can we know with certainty whether there’s an afterlife of some sort?

That leaves us with six elementary and intrinsic questions we must resolve if we intend to truly understand the purpose of everyone and everything in existence:

• How did mankind originate; did we merely evolve or were we created?

• If we were created by God, whose god, from which religion, is the genuine God?

• Can we know with absolute certainty that particular God is real?

• Why would any factual God allow bad things to happen to good people?

• And, can we know with certainty whether there’s an afterlife?

Each of these questions must be fully settled, once and for all, with very straightforward answers if we intend to discover the absolute truth and be certain of it. They all seem to have many possible answers; so we must resolve each question based on verifiable information alone, not theories but truly verifiable information, just as obvious as the fact we exist. Using a very simple process of elimination, incorporating our greatly underrated intuition, in combination with a little common sense, we can and will eliminate the clutter to reveal the truth we all inherently desire.

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Where to Begin?

The best place to begin resolving our intrinsic questions is with the most obvious reality known to everyone; we all know with certainty we exist, and since we unquestionably exist, we also know we had to originate from some clearly definitive source. We didn’t just suddenly come into being from out of the blue. Since our objective is to truly comprehend our purpose in the grand scheme of existence, we must first settle the elementary question regarding the definitive source of our existence. So, let’s begin our search for the truth by examining the most widespread theories of origin. Each theory has its proponents, and the proponents of each theory seemingly have evidence proving their theories of choice to be correct. Unfortunately, far too many unsubstantiated theories have been presented as proven facts; this has only resulted in confusion, not the verifiable evidence we seek. To begin eliminating that confusion, we need to refresh our memories regarding the most basic knowledge regarding the physical nature of our existence, or the known ‘physics’ of our existence…not the theories of physics, but the truly obvious evidence. By using the most obvious information relating to the natural composition of both ourselves and the known universe, we can begin to compare the many irrational assumptions with the clearly evident facts to eliminate any theories of origin that are out of step with reality. With the addition of a little common sense and our irrefutable strength of intuition we will systematically begin to uncover the most rational answer to the question of our origin.

Many years ago scientists discovered many of the stars we see at night are not stars; instead they’re entire galaxies that are so far away they just appear to be tiny stars in the night. Then something very astonishing was learned. Rays of light energy fill the entire universe, and they’re not emanating from the sun, or even from the center of our own galaxy. These rays of light originate from somewhere too far away to see with the human eye. Though we can’t typically see these rays, or their source, they’re definitely filling the universe. This has been fully confirmed by physical observations in the infrared spectrum of light beginning with astronomers such as Edwin Hubble. Our galaxy and our solar system, as well as countless other galaxies, are only pale specs of light in a vast universe filled with a source of light energy so immense and so powerful as to be beyond our ability to even begin to quantify.

When scientists discovered atoms and their subatomic particles, it was soon realized the predominant light energy filling the universe is the source of all atoms; rays of light transport atoms throughout the universe. Atoms are the most basic chemical elements conclusively known to retain their form. Rays of light also energize the atoms they transport causing them to bond together into microscopic clusters of atoms known as ‘molecules’. Then, clusters of various molecules join together in increasingly larger combinations to ultimately form all matter in the universe. We might envision atoms as tiny foundational building blocks that bond together like magnets to form a wide variety of molecules, which continue bonding together until everything of substance is fully constructed. The magnetism within the atoms is derived from a chemically induced electrical charge similar to that of batteries, only much stronger.

It was also learned while all matter consists of the same types of atoms in various combinations, the light that carries and causes the atoms to bond together doesn’t vary; it remains constant. The atoms in different forms of matter are merely caused to vibrate at different speeds by the constant source of light. This causes the various levels of solidity in the atomic structure of all matter. The slower the atoms vibrate, the more solid the matter. Atoms in a solid rock vibrate more slowly than atoms forming a liquid; atoms in gases vibrate so fast they become invisible to the human eye at some point. So everything is formed by the substances originating from the same universal light, and all forms of matter are essentially various forms of light based substances vibrating at a wide variety of speeds and bonding together in various patterns throughout the vast expanse of the universe.

It was soon realized that space, time and the universal light are all very closely and inseparably interrelated. This notion began to take on the form of common knowledge with Einstein’s various ‘Theories of Relativity’. We should never allow ourselves to become perplexed by scientific terms such as relativity; it’s just a simpler way of saying the relationships between space, time and the universal light. Some of Einstein’s theories were later enhanced by other intuitive perceptions to exhibit the multi-dimensional nature of space and time, as opposed to his original concept of a relatively flat universal fabric of space and time. In general, this combined knowledge has shown that approaching the speed of light causes time to gradually slow down until finally, when the speed of the light is reached, time ceases and space bends into a multi-dimensional or circular pattern. As the universal light continues to expand outward, it causes all matter being formed to have momentum or to be in perpetual motion. This all makes perfect sense because that’s exactly the way light behaves; it emanates from its source in all directions to form a circular pattern, and it never stops expanding. Thus, there’s no time involved in the nature of light, as long as the source of the light remains constant, and it is indeed multi-dimensional as it expands with outward momentum. Simple logic dictates this outward expansion proceeds at the speed of light.

These concepts can be fairly well substantiated by common sense, and by actual physical observations. Time as we know it is only relevant on the earth, because it’s measured by the spinning cycle of the earth for the time of each day, and the rotation of the earth around the sun for each year. Time on mars is measured very differently since the time required for that planet to circle the sun or to rotate on its axis is very different from that of the earth, and the same is true for every other location in the universe. So time is only relevant to location within space. The light filling the universal fabric of space and time remains present without cease; it may reflect and change its course but it never stops; it temporarily bends as it begins to reflect off of various objects, but as soon as those objects move it immediately resumes its original path. So there is no time or permanent variance in light; it remains constant as long as the source of the light remains constant. Regarding time slowing down as the speed of light is approached, actual measurements of time in manned spacecraft, and other machines circling the earth at high speeds, have shown their devices measuring time do in fact slow down; they have to be adjusted to stay in synch with time as measured on the surface of the earth.

Physical observations of the universe verify the multi-dimensional or circular nature of space, because every unchanging object we can see in all directions is circular in nature. The round moon circles the round earth, which circles the round sun, which circles the center of our round galaxy and so on to an infinitely large circular universe. This is also true in the direction of smallness. The atoms forming all matter consist of circular electrons circling their nucleus like the planets circle the sun, though not in the same order as the planets around the sun. The ‘nucleus’, or the center, of every atom consists of a much smaller circular bundle of protons and neutrons, similar to the sun at the center of our solar system. The protons and neutrons forming the atom’s nucleus consist of three still smaller circular bundles, and so on. The parts forming the atom become increasingly smaller toward an infinitely small circular pattern. Interestingly, the particles circling the nucleus of atoms behave very much like the objects circling the center of the massive galaxies many scientists have observed through powerful telescopes.

Scientists have also discovered other objects within the light; these substances are separate from the atoms in the light and they’re much smaller than atoms, thousands of times smaller. One of these objects was named the ‘neutrino’, and it too has an outward appearance similar to that of a circular galaxy. Most neutrinos penetrate right through all matter regardless of its size or density. Neutrinos have no electrical charge; they merely energize the electrical charge of the protons within the nucleus of atoms as they pass through them; this is what causes the atoms to vibrate and become magnetized. We might think of neutrinos as an electrical ground causing the flow of electricity within the nucleus of all atoms; that electricity flows between the protons and neutrons of the atom’s nucleus causing them to bind together like very powerful electrical magnets. This magnetic force is called ‘Electromagnetism’. It’s one of the four known forces that make the physical nature, or the physics of the universe function.

In a nutshell, all matter in the universe originates from the same source, and all matter is held together by the same source…the universal light. The various levels of solidity are determined by how fast the neutrinos in the light cause the atoms in the light to vibrate, and atoms that vibrate at compatible speeds and have compatible electromagnetic charges link together in a wide variety of patterns and densities to ultimately form all matter.

The basic study of physics involving the structure and function of the atoms forming all matter is a very rational science, and it fully aligns with our common sense and intuition. Though most of us have never seen an atom personally, many people with access to powerful microscopes and other devices have seen and experimented with these substances. Furthermore, we can all be very confident atoms exist, and they do in fact function as advertised, because we’re all very familiar with the results of splitting the nucleus of an atom apart.

As knowledge concerning atoms continued to increase, scientists soon learned the electromagnetic energy holding the nucleus of atoms together is immensely powerful. They named this ‘Strong Nuclear Force’, or simply strong force; it’s another of the four known forces of physics. Scientists reasoned that if this strong force holding the nucleus together could be released it would provide us with an unlimited source of energy. We all know they’ve unlocked this power in some of the less stable atoms, but the result has not been an unlimited source of energy; instead it has lead to an immense capability to destroy…nuclear weapons. The term nuclear is simply a reference to the nucleus of atoms.

When we tie all of this information together, it becomes blatantly obvious the source of the universal light is the ultimate source of all things…including us. If we intend to discover our own origin, we must determine the origin of the universal light. This is the parameter we must use to qualify, or to disqualify, any theory of origin. Can it define the ultimate source, or the definitive begging point, of the universal light, which serves to produce all forms of matter…including both living and non-living matter?

This is where the more obvious physical information ends and the speculation begins. There is more evidence, but we have to examine that evidence very carefully as we sort through the various theories. We must begin to rely more on common sense and what we intuitively know to form any logical conclusions as to the source of the universal light. Pinpointing the definitive source of that light is the key to understanding our origin.

The ‘Big Bang Theory’ has become the most commonly accepted premise for the origin of the universal light among many scientists over the past several decades. Its development began to fully take shape after the strong nuclear force, or the strong force, binding the nucleus of atoms together was released during the countless explosions of nuclear weapons. Those explosions were massive, and they released a light energy much brighter than the sun. Presto…there must have been an immensely powerful nuclear explosion somewhere in existence, which sent matter forming light energy in all directions to fill the entire universe. Eventually some of that matter settled here to form the earth.

The explosion, or the big bang, is assumed to have occurred billions of years ago because the epicenter of the explosion allegedly occurred a vast distance from the earth, and it took a very long time for the light to expand to our location in space and begin forming the matter in our galaxy…even while expanding at the speed of light. That’s why those who support the big bang theory can’t pinpoint the epicenter of the explosion, or the ultimate source of the universal light. It’s just too far away to see.

Astrophysicists have developed very sophisticated mathematical formulas explaining the formation of the ‘Black Hole’, which was the source of the big bang. They’re based on the hypothesis of a single atom whose nucleus became so extremely magnetized it attracted everything in the universe to itself. In other words, everything in the universe was absorbed into a singular point; an infinitely tiny black hole. It was named a black hole because it absorbed all light energy. The black hole eventually became so highly compressed it either exploded or very quickly expanded releasing all the light energy. As the light expanded into the universe, it began forming the various densities and momentum of all matter.

It’s a very intriguing theory, but there’s no explanation as to the origin of the light energy that filled the black hole in the beginning, not to mention the source of the singular atom that became so intensely magnetized it absorbed everything into the black hole before exploding to form the universe. Did that original, singular atom just magically appear from nowhere? What about everything it absorbed to itself? Surely everything of substance didn’t just suddenly come into existence from out of the blue. No, it didn’t, it couldn’t; that’s totally irrational. Nevertheless, these are the primary assumptions the entire theory is based upon and they’re enormous assumptions. All theories begin with an assumption or with many assumptions. The more assumptions the theory is based upon, the less viable that theory becomes.

Since neither the origin of the extremely magnetized atom that caused the black hole to form, nor the source of the light based matter that filled that black hole have been explained, the golden rule of science has been broken. The ‘Scientific Method’ hasn’t been applied to the very foundational ingredients of the black hole from which the big bang forming the universe allegedly occurred. The scientific method is simply to first form a theory and then prove it to be true by observation or mathematical confirmation. Then, and only then can we begin calling any theory a proven science.

Obviously no one has ever observed the original black hole or its location, or any other black hole for that matter; only mathematical formulas to support the possibility of such an event have been shown as evidence, and mathematics is acceptable evidence since it’s the purest form of common logic we know. Nonetheless, mathematics is only useful to a certain degree; it must be confirmed by other physical observations before the mathematical theory can be accepted as reality. Mathematics can be miscalculated or manipulated just like anything else conceived within the human mind.

Physical observations clearly show light cannot be absorbed by darkness. The least amount of light in the darkest place imaginable always dominates the entire space into which the light is shining. The perfect example of this observable fact is the universe itself; it’s filled with the light forming and holding all matter together, and it hasn’t been absorbed into any form of darkness; it’s still expanding. The whole concept is contrary to the blatantly obvious physical behavior of light.

While the mathematical formulas describing the formation of a black hole are very intelligent, they’re also very baffling. The reality is mathematics cannot explain the very foundation upon which the theory is based. The calculations attempting to substantiate the existence of black holes always end with infinity when all factors are taken into consideration; this means their very existence can’t be scientifically quantified. There’s absolutely no explanation for the sudden appearance of the highly magnetized atom that formed the original black hole, and this most crucial ingredient isn’t even considered in the mathematical calculations attempting to support the theory. That singular atom simply came into existence from no defined source, and the explosion, which released all the light energy of equally unexplained origin, is merely assumed to have occurred.

This makes the big bang theory more of a philosophy than a science. It’s actually a form of pseudo-religious philosophy, because it requires faith. We must believe this event occurred, and we must believe it originated from substances that simply came into existence from no defined source. This entire theory is built around no foundational evidence. Science requires definitive evidence while philosophy is only an idea, or a belief. In this case the purported science is based entirely on speculation; its hypothesis is very elaborately developed around far too many assumptions that simply cannot be substantiated…starting with the very foundational atomic substances that allegedly caused the explosion of the universal light energy to begin with.

Darwin’s ‘Theory of Evolution’ fits perfectly with the big bang theory, and the two theories have come to be taught as one. Those who support the big bang conjecture believe it took billions of years for the earth as we know it to evolve. It started as a ball of chaotic substances and eventually became the life friendly environment we now call home. Over a period of billions of years, the earth formed water, land, air and so on in very gradual stages, through haphazard events, causing just the right combinations of molecules to eventually form the ball of matter on which we currently live. The evidence to support a few of the alleged stages of the earth’s environmental evolution are based on very sparse and widely separated areas exhibiting a variety of geological formations; these tiny areas are then assumed to have encompassed the entire earth. Other asserted stages of environmental evolution are based on no evidence at all; they’re merely assumed to have occurred because our resulting life sustaining environment requires their occurrence to make the theory even remotely possible. In reality, there’s only one former geological condition consistently exhibiting physically observable evidence around the entire planet, from the highest mountain peaks to the lowest valleys: the earth was completely covered by an ocean at some point in time.

During the billions of years of the earth’s evolution, atoms began to randomly form increasingly more complex molecular structures in the so-called ‘Primordial Soup’. Eventually molecules accidentally formed just the right combination of proteins. Over an extended period of time, these substances inadvertently formed single-celled creatures, which spontaneously came to life in some unidentified way. After still more time, these miraculous single-celled creatures evolved into swimming creatures with billions of cells. In due course, one of these creatures arbitrarily formed legs to crawl out of the primordial soup and onto dry land; it gradually evolved into many other land creatures. Still later one of these land creatures went into the ocean to evolve into still more creatures with trillions of cells. At the same time over millions of years, the land creatures randomly evolved into sophisticated mammals; these continued to evolve until one of them by chance became a monkey. This one went through many stages of evolution until finally mankind inadvertently evolved into existence.

As unlikely, and truly ridiculous, as this haphazard, inadvertent and even miraculous chain of events appears when we look at the big-picture, the science books used at all levels of education in the western world are filled with this theory. It has become the only philosophy taught and accepted as the truth concerning our origin, and it’s presented as a proven science. This is very narrow minded thinking. It’s still just a theory based on no observable evidence what-so-ever. There isn’t even a mathematical formula that can begin to substantiate the countless number of assumptions involved. Remember the more assumptions any theory includes, the less viable that theory becomes.

Our science books have been filled with detailed descriptions, and sophisticated drawings, of the innumerable phases of evolution for both the earth and all life on earth. These artistic images are assumed to approximate the visible appearance of each evolutionary phase, but it’s only art based entirely on conjecture. Even the pictures of the black holes, which allegedly started this whole universal process, are nothing more than art. They’re not real.

The most elaborate drawings and descriptions depict all the stages the monkey went through before we by chance evolved. They kept teaching this theory, and only this theory, until it was eventually assumed to be the truth, but it’s still just speculation based on a multitude of highly improbable assumptions. Where is the evidence to support the theory? Multitudes of fossils and bones have been unearthed, but none of them fit the artistic images of the theory. Thus we have the infamous missing link. There are in fact a multitude of missing links.

During the nineteenth century when Darwin introduced his theory of evolution, it was believed the single cell was the smallest existing building block for all forms of life, and the single cell was thought to be very simplistic. It contained a solid nucleus surrounded by plasma and a thin membrane. All forms of life were thought to be formed by the same simple cells in varying combinations, and all forms of life were interrelated. This aspect of the theory was logical thinking on Darwin’s part; as we’ve seen, all life is indeed interrelated; in fact, everything in the universe is interrelated at the atomic and subatomic levels, to include all non-living matter.

The main concept of Darwin’s theory is based on random natural selection. Creatures inadvertently born with slight advantages over their predecessors live to create more offspring, while the less advantaged gradually die off until they become extinct. To put it briefly, the strongest among the species dominates, and