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This whole discussion is a waste of time. I refuse to debate you further about the exact technical definition of "purpose" and whether it exists objectively or just subjectively, no matter how much you want to have that debate.
OP mentions three benefits "if Christianity were true":
Are these the first things that come to mind for you if Christianity is actually true? Not, say, the ability to see dead loved ones in the afterlife, or the knowledge that prayer works? Every one of these is strongly compatible with belief in Christianity, and in fact the benefits exist even if Christianity is not in fact true.
I think a charitable (and accurate) reading is something like "I wish Christianity were true, because then I'd believe in it, and I'd get the benefits of belief." But certainly what he's referring to is benefits of belief in Christianity. If you can't see this I don't know what to tell you.
Okay, I don't particularly care about technical definitions; I was asking because I didn't understand what you were trying to get at with "not just a sense of purpose but an actual purpose," which seem to me to round to the same thing.
I think there are many different meanings of the word "purpose," all of which are valid at times. Then there's "sense of purpose", which is being conscious of one's own purpose. If I say I have a sense of purpose, I'm not particularly saying I have purpose more than I did previously, I'm saying I'm more conscious of my own purpose, or that I feel more purposeful.
The thing about Christianity being true is that while most would agree that it would give people purpose, it doesn't necessarily give them a sense of purpose. That comes, not from Christianity actually being true, but from belief in Christianity.
If Christianity is true then God created us and gave us purpose. We can choose not to pursue that purpose, I guess, and reject our creator, but rejecting a purpose doesn't make it cease to exist. That purpose exists even if we're not conscious of it. It doesn't matter whether it's subjective or not (though I reject that--in the hypothetical, God's purpose for us is as objective as anything can possibly be); it's still a purpose either way, one which the Creator is aware of even if we are not.
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