Does evolution have a purpose? (Evolution)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Friday, October 24, 2014, 05:58 (3462 days ago) @ David Turell

David: I agree that science an religion are not incompatable. But your comment about evolution needs modification. Evolution is the apparent process by which life descended from single cell to us. Only IF evolution is said to be a purposeless, chance process is it then being used in an anti-religion way. Theistic evolution does not do that at all, and is certainly one of the very possible ways evolution occurred. You are obviously referring to Darwin's version of theory. It ain't the only way.-There are a lot more IF's than that. Common decent from a single ancestor is actually rather anti-biblical, because it specifically says things were created according to their kind. -
>David: Science should not be subjective, but scientists are human and fallible, so their inerpretation of their findings is not a final interpretation. I take their findings and come up with different conclusions. That is why there is a field of the philosophy of science.-They are indeed entitled to their opinions and conclusions and even their mistakes, provided that they are stated as opinions and conclusions and not fact, as agreed below, and that their mistakes are acknowledged, not covered up.

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.