The Problem with the Gospels

[Ace Otana]

What is the purpose of God? My answer to this question is simple, nothing. The only purpose a belief in god has in this world is to create a crutch for the deluded who are too lazy to try and seek more practical answers to the mysteries of this world and our origins. The biblical god is like a universal remote to answer all the questions that we have yet to answer scientifically.

A good answer. Mine is simler.

The purpose of god does not exist in god himself but us. God was created by us to answer questions that we didn't know the answer of and was for us then and now beyond us that we currently don't know of that is currently beyond us at the time and now. God was and still is used to fill in missing information. Though we should of grown out of it by now, we still have our childhood buggy.
That is the purpose of god. It is used to answer questions that we currently have no answer for.
Anyone can answer any question with anything...however its how we answer it that counts. Goddidit is one perfect example of a quick and easy answer for something we do not know. There are no garantees of being correct. It's in a sense a shot in the dark. A blind assertion. Unconfirmable, unprovable by all known means and so there exists every reason to reject and dismiss claims of some supernatural non-temporal god. The purpose of god is to offer comfort and to provide answers to questions. That is the purpose of god.