I have a question regarding this subject. First off, stealing a line from socrates, let me state that personally i know that i dont know. Every living being has a definitive timeline, meaning for every life there is a beginning and an end. A start and stop point. It is within that defined timeline that a value to existance is given for every living thing. As an example, a humans life lasts an average of 80 years and that life is given value based upon what a person can accomplish in that lifespan such as college, a family, a career, and so forth. We, as creatures with a defined start and end point, use such accomplisents to measure the value of our life. Through that value, we have purpose. My question, is what is the purpose of god for gods own sake? God is a being that exists outside of time, meaning god had no beginning and has no end. God just "is". But what is gods purpose? If one can imagine a life with no beginning and no end, then what value is there in any accomplishments such a being achieves? Again using an example of a human, a person who sees a life value in becoming a doctor goes to college, med school, residency, gets liscensed, and starts a practice. By the end of their life, they have used time as a currency to acquire something they see as valuable because they have a ginite amount of currency and exchange it for an item. That item (a career as a doctor) is valuable because it costs quite a bit of lifes currency, of which there is only so much. But god, a being with no beginning or end, has an infinite amount of time (currency). We've all played games with finite amounts of currency to spend on items we value within the game so we can clearly see the importance of value. But do you remember using a game genie on super NES for infinite money? It was fun at first, but very quickly, the games lost purpose because everything was immediately attainable so gameplay lost its value. It only regained value when you went back and played without the cheat codes. But without infinite money, you were again faced with spending a finite amount of currency for things you found value in. So again i ask, if god has infinite currency, then what value is there in god? And if there is no value, then what purpose does god have? And if you state that the purpose is to create life with the ability to choose to worship him or not, then let me point out that even though the bible says that the heavenly host was created to worship, but he created us to CHOOSE to worship, if he had not created the heavenly host with an ability of free will, then how was lucifer able to CHOOSE to rebel against god? If the heavenly host was created without free will, none of them would have been able to rebel. Since one did, and took a third of heaven with him, then clearly they were created with free will. If they were created with free will, like us, then what iteration of beings with free will are we? Clearly not the first. The second? Third? One billionth? Sorry this is so long, and to those of you who read all the way through, congratulations. This question has been bugging me for a long time and i figured i would share.