What is the purpose of the Human?

Now I do likes being a human, however I am just wandering what the purpose of us humans is. What I mean is every animal on earth has a purpose and is good for the enviroment, whether that be supplying food for other animals or pollenating fruits and vegetation. Without the Bee alot of natural food would not exist (Strawberries, broccoli etc...) and David Attenborough said that if all the insects on the planet failed to exist then the world would be in a terrible state, but take away the human and if anything the world would be better for it.

...Nature is an amazing thing and natural selection makes sure that only the fittest animals survie and pass on their succesful DNA. However humans have developed medicanes so alot more people who would normally die are surviving (which is a great thing) but hasn't nature made a ''mistake'' in making humans so intelligent thus ruining the balance of the planets enviroment. What I want to know is, are humans a hinderance on earth and why did we evolve to be so intellectual when that is the single thing that seperates us from the animal kingdom. Thanks

Good question, however, modern biology says the bold is not true!

Animals do not have to perform a useful function - they simply have to survive so they can propogate the next generation. many parasites do so at the expense of other organisms so they are not really performing a function, apart from maybe population control of the host organism.

"Nature" in itself is not sentient so it cannont make mistakes or "decide" anything. Arguably, humans are simply the best adapted organism on the planet and are the best at exploiting resources and do so ruthlessly.

Humans are a burden on the natural environment as they manipulate it, diverting it away from its "natural course" and "balance" so yes, humans can be seen as a hinderance.

Now I do likes being a human, however I am just wandering what the purpose of us humans is. What I mean is every animal on earth has a purpose and is good for the enviroment, whether that be supplying food for other animals or pollenating fruits and vegetation. Without the Bee alot of natural food would not exist (Strawberries, broccoli etc...) and David Attenborough said that if all the insects on the planet failed to exist then the world would be in a terrible state, but take away the human and if anything the world would be better for it.

...Nature is an amazing thing and natural selection makes sure that only the fittest animals survie and pass on their succesful DNA. However humans have developed medicanes so alot more people who would normally die are surviving (which is a great thing) but hasn't nature made a ''mistake'' in making humans so intelligent thus ruining the balance of the planets enviroment. What I want to know is, are humans a hinderance on earth and why did we evolve to be so intellectual when that is the single thing that seperates us from the animal kingdom. Thanks

Now I do likes being a human, however I am just wandering what the purpose of us humans is. What I mean is every animal on earth has a purpose and is good for the enviroment, whether that be supplying food for other animals or pollenating fruits and vegetation. Without the Bee alot of natural food would not exist (Strawberries, broccoli etc...) and David Attenborough said that if all the insects on the planet failed to exist then the world would be in a terrible state, but take away the human and if anything the world would be better for it.

...Nature is an amazing thing and natural selection makes sure that only the fittest animals survie and pass on their succesful DNA. However humans have developed medicanes so alot more people who would normally die are surviving (which is a great thing) but hasn't nature made a ''mistake'' in making humans so intelligent thus ruining the balance of the planets enviroment. What I want to know is, are humans a hinderance on earth and why did we evolve to be so intellectual when that is the single thing that seperates us from the animal kingdom. Thanks

the purpose of humans its to grow in love of God and neighbour through God given intelect and freewill.

survival of the fitttest is a stupid method - what happened to the dinosaurs , they got exstict through a meteor while other smaller "unfitter" animals survived i.e. cockroaches.

"Purpose" is a completely arbitrary concept, so this is a rather futile discussion.

Purpose is not arbitrary, without purpose the world would not exist as it would not be a stable enviroment and wouldn't work. For example the purpose of the salmon is to swim u stream and spawn eggs where it was born, that is it's purpose. Without that purpose then bears would starve to death (along with other animals) and the fishes body (when it dies) would nor provide nutrients to the soil helping trees grow as supplying nesting areas from birds and oxygen to the earth. Purpose is vital surely?

the purpose of humans its to grow in love of God and neighbour through God given intelect and freewill.

survival of the fitttest is a stupid method - what happened to the dinosaurs , they got exstict through a meteor while other smaller "unfitter" animals survived i.e. cockroaches.

that's ridicolous, why are cockroaches less fit than dinosaurs? Is that because they are bigger? If anything the cockroach is fitter than dinosaurs because they survived which is the while point of a living organism. Cockroaches are fitter than humans in terms of survival.