Isn't it more rational to believe that evolution is more of a hit -and -miss type of process rather than a predetermined process which you seem to entertain ?
.... did a 'higher consciousness' really have to go to all the trouble of creating all those neanderthals and cro-magnon types just to arrive (specifically) at us?
Were all those intermediate species part of a plan?
I doubt it; but I guess some may think it could be just one big experiment.
"If there is no Spiritual Essence of Perfection, an Overarching Consciousness then I can see little point in existing at all. The sum total of everything becomes nothing, of no consequence and meaningless and of course many people do live this way."
Nobody asked to come into existence, but we choose to exist because our loved ones give our lives meaning.
The non-existence of an imaginary figure(sky-daddy) does not take away any meaning whatsoever.
