Why do people need a purpose for everything?!

Why do people need a purpose for everything?

In my humble opinion, this demonstrates a blinkered and unscientific world view. It is not our place to decide whether animals have a purpose or not. Animals exist, and that's that. The same goes for plants, rocks, and everything else. Looking for a reason for their existence is akin to a dog chasing its tail. A useless, irrelevant pursuit.

I eat plants because my body needs them. I don't see plants as being put on here for us to eat. The same would go for animals if I needed to eat them but we don't need to eat them.

I agree for the most part, although I might have a slightly different interpretation.

I think every living thing has a purpose, but it's not up to us to decide what that purpose is. Human beings aren't even sure about their own purpose; so how can they claim to know the purpose of any other living thing?

We all have viewpoints and opinions, but no one can truly comprehend the whole of reality. We can only use what we have learned to interpret reality. I can't remember his name, but some Hindu philospher made the analogy that if someone wears sandals made of leather, he imagines that the entire world is covered with leather just so he can walk comfortably--that is, we make our own reality and live in it.

I don't eat animals because I find it unpleasant and it's not necessary. I couldn't justify meat eating once I was educated enough to know it was not required. I did not love meat eating so much that I could disregard the killing of my fellow creatures. Plently of people aren't going to agree with me, but that's up to them.