This raises a general question pertinent to this thread. It seems to me to be elementary that any theist already has a general answer to the thread question. Presumably it is to uphold the will of their god in some fashion. I suppose there are variations on what that 'will' might be, but does that pretty much capture it?
God is spirit and God. Put the earth in place and give life to the earth. God communicate with man through its spirit.
The purpose of life ; is To Experience Life . The soul/mind needs a corporeal experience to learn what a physical experience can mean . Inotherwords ; the purpose of life is to
Experiencing life is a by-product of a living being needing to defend itself from predation. There is no implication of purpose in evolution, it's a passive process with no direction.
Enough to adapt to threats , to a point. The same as our Human immune system , adapts to threats ; to a point .
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To experience material things . So that the soul/mind can understand , what being in a material form means .