When all is said and done and the souls of humans no longer reside in mortal flesh, some men and women may be surprised to find that primitive men and women are the most exalted by Creation. Primitive men and women at least acted as if they recognized Creation's need for human beings and human existence in perpetuity. Whether or not their perceptions were exemplified in ways Creation found pleasing is not our decision to make.
Whatever may be our speculations about the worth of their behavior, like modern day humans, primitive men and women attempted behaviors that reconciled their understanding of the purpose for which they were created. They believed in an omnipotent God and stood in awe of their creator's power and glory. Compare that behavior with the beliefs of sophisticated and not-so-sophisticated contemporary humans.
If asked what they believe is the purpose of human life how many contemporary men and women will say, at least in part, that humans have a duty to worship A Creator God, recognize that God's omnipotence, and to stand or bow in awe of the Creator's power and glory?
Querys about the purpose of human life are ancient questions whose answers have effectively eluded Earth's best thinkers. That is not to say that men and women have not postulated answers to the questions about the purpose of human existence. It is more correct to say that no universal propositions have been postulated that satisfy every curiosity.
Of greater importance to many people than the universal questions about the purpose of human life are the questions about the purpose of a personal existence. These Questions come in many forms and flavors. They may be asked somberly, shouted in anger, whispered in bewilderment, or sobbed in a moment overwhelmed by feelings of hopelessness.
Some simply say "I want to know why I am here and where I am going". Others with the same concerns and confused by their own behavior say "I need to know what I'm doing and where I'm going". Feelling both confused and overwhelmed by reality, many wonder out loud "what is the purpose of my life and why am I catching so much hell trying to live it?"
A similar but more common intimate, personal, question is "why was I born?" This question, too comes in many flavors. From a child to a parent: "Why did you have me. I would rather not be here. You are responsible for me and I am unhappy with what you have done". To oneself, one may feel: "I am disappointed with who I am and what I have become. I would rather be something else or not be here at all".
To an unseen and unfelt God by whom they feel neglected and ignored, others shout out loud or silently: "God, You have put me an a world You know is antagonistic to me. I spend so much time and energy trying to survive, there is little time and energy with which to enjoy my survival. The world You have created for me is fraught with too many things that are hostile to me. Greatest among them are the thoughts and actions of other men--too many of whom flaunt hostile power and antagonism in Your Name. Is my birth and the circumstances of my life a punishment for something I don't understand or cannot remember?"
The variations are many and the Pain Of Mortal Being burns deep in each query and protest. Many humans have a fixation on the latter. They believe God has perpetrated a cruel hoax on each of them individually and on the entire human race collectively. They sincerely want to know why Creation placed them in a randomly imperfect world of Creation's own design and expect them to behave in any way other than the way humans behave
Religious rhetoric and the belief that God gave humans free, will aside, each might demand of Creation "What is the point of placing me in a world that is so heavily weighted against me; when all the while I hear all these people telling me that You love me.
Like many lessons of spirituality and human belief in a God Of Creation, this lesson is a very difficult one. We are given many different answers to questions about the purpose of human life. Let us consider the premise that our reason for being is congruent with the beliefs primative humans seeminglly understood, but in their desperate need to survive a challenging Earthly environment, acted out poorly.