On Purpose

*If* we are here by accident or for reasons other than being brought about without the intent of usefulness, do we really have a purpose? 

For example, if I make a robot for a specific function (i.e. cleaning my house) the sole purpose of the robot is to clean my house.  Now, I suppose I can use the robot to hang my wet clothes on, thus, one can say the robot has another purpose because I used it for such.  However, when I made the robot I specifically made it for the sole purpose of cleaning my house.  It seems apparently clear to me that when I originally made the robot my original plan was for it to clean my house, but along the way (as time passed) the robot was additionally used with a different purpose from the one initially intended.  So then, the robot's purpose was and still is to clean my house.  The very fact that the robot's purpose changes or broadens to something bigger does not overthrow the fact that the robot has a purpose.  I already acknowledged the fact that my purpose for the robot changed from my initial concept when I made the robot.  If I had foreknowledge[1] of the fact that I would also end up adopting an additional purpose for the robot; the robot would have been built for the purposes of cleaning my house and hanging my clothes.  One then could and should conclude that the robot serves a purpose because it was made for a specific reason.  However, one cannot conclude the robot gave itself purpose, because it served an additional purpose to what it was otherwise intended for.     

Now, suppose the robot had made itself (at face value such an idea seems absurd) or somehow through time the robot came to be (again, such an idea seems absurd) it cannot just decide that it was made with intention, because it was not made for a specific purpose.  Rather, the robot has/had the ability to not be and be at the same time or came about as an accident of nature, but it certainly was not made for a specific purpose.  Should the robot assume to itself it can give meaning or purpose to whatever it wants?  I guess the robot can give meaning to different things, but let us keep in mind the robot itself was not made with intention.  So how can the robot assume it serves some sort of purpose?  I do not think the robot can conclude that it was made with a purpose since it seems it came about accidentally/absurdly.  Therefore, anything the robot gives meaning to is just as absurd as its existence.


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[1] While I as the maker of the robot am limited in terms of knowledge God is not.  Therefore, God has facts that allow Him to make non-arbitrary decisions as He has the broadest of information available.

Tortured Soul

The darkness surrounds me,
it grabs me,
it has a grip on me.

I have no where to go,
I have no where to run.

I am a tortured soul...