Survey: 70 percent agree “there is an ultimate purpose and plan for every person’s life,” and 57 percent say that finding “their deeper purpose” is “a major priority.” Where does our innate desire for purpose and meaning come from?

21/7/2016

A recent survey of 2000 unchurched people reveals much about the inborn "spiritual DNA" inside each human being. It has revealed that people, although being naturally impacted by the negative wrap that "religion" (often very deserved)gets in the media, basically don't mind talking about religion and spiritual issues, and in fact want to do so and are often open to and even waiting for Christians to make the first move.

The survey revealed that 70 percent agree “there is an ultimate purpose and plan for every person’s life,” and 57 percent say that finding “their deeper purpose” is “a major priority.” People are looking for answers and are open to their Christian friends prodding and invitations. This is a very interesting survey and worth further reading at: BreakPoint.org

The results lead to an important question: "Where does our innate desire for purpose and meaning come from?" Could it be a product of accidental Darwinian evolution, which suggests we and everything in the universe just appeared out of an explosion of "nothing" which resulted in everything?

I think it makes more sense that we have been intentionally designed with an inbuilt "spiritual" aspect which causes us to be restless and seek our higher purpose. Read more about this, and the solution to our restlessness at the following Christianity page which invites you to seek answers and provides some suggestions to the big questions we innately long to have answered.

Further Resources on this subject:

Search the word "purpose" in the Bible to see God has a lot to say about the topic.
Your Unchurched Friends Want to Know About Your Faith
Bob Smietana | Christianity Today | June 28, 2016
God? Meaning of life? Many Americans don’t seek them in church
Cathy Lynn Grossman | religionnews.com | June 28, 2016
Research: Unchurched will talk about faith, not interested in going to church
Lifeway.com survey results | June 28, 2016
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While much of what is written in this Blog may currently appear to be counter-cultural, given our post-truth culture, it is in no way counter-human beings. I am always for people no matter what they think, do, or may have done in their past. Where I put forward ideas or debate against certain ideology, behaviour, ideas, movements, politics, I remain very much on the side of the human beings even though I may be opposed to their worldview, behaviour and politics. Such opposition is generally out of concern for the ultimate consequences of such behaviour or ideas, especially for children.

Survey: 70 percent agree “there is an ultimate purpose and plan for every person’s life,” and 57 percent say that finding “their deeper purpose” is “a major priority.” Where does our innate desire for purpose and meaning come from?

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