For all that we know, evolution is a mindless mechanical process, it has no purpose, nor is it the purpose of anything else. Anymore than a rock rolling down a hill, has the purpose of getting to the bottom.

The only person who could say if evolution has a purpose, is someone who received a message from a god, or a much higher being, telling them that it was so, and I see no evidence for that.

It is possible that the universe was created for evolution and/or that evolution has a purpose. But that presupposes an intelligence with intent, behind or within the universe or evolution. ( A God even if not a personality . ) And it also presupposes that there was not some other purpose, and that humans are capable of making intelligent decisions about purpose. Which means at least three unsupported presuppositions, there are probably more, making the idea no more justifiable than any other religion.

Evolution is a natural process for all objects, not just living ones. It, life all things simply exist.

Knowledge and learning do not advance Human evolution. Also, evolution does not proceed within a single lifetime, making it impossible to say that evolving is the purpose of life. Cut out the evolution part: Gaining knowledge and wisdom, and passing it on to others is closer to providing meaning to life than any other course.

As you know, I believe the-brights.net is our best concerted chance to overthrow dogmatic religion now that so many are turning away from it. We need a united effort against Catholic/Evan ideas and that can't come from individuals who have little power outside a vote. So long as this idea is a problem for those who want to be right, instead of influential, then it won't happen though.