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The question, "What is the purpose thereof?" cannot be asked about anything which is not the product of an agent; therefore we cannot ask what is the purpose of the existence of God.

Maimonides
Purpose, Agents, Existence
Moses Maimonides, Aeterna Press (1948). “The Guide for the Perplexed”, p.440, Aeterna Press
The question, What is the purpose thereof? cannot be asked about anything which is not the product of an agent; therefore we cannot ask what is the purpose of the existence of God.