I absolutely agree with you about seeking for purpose. I think that what goes with intentionally seeing randomness is the realization that purpose isn't something we should expect to just be given to us, that we may need to actively search for it -- or maybe even to construct it ourselves.

(I have more thoughts on purpose, but they would require an excess of philosophical blather to express, so not today...)

Yeah, Dawkins is a twat. He one of those people that makes me say "Um, even though I may agree with some of the things you're saying, I really wish you'd stop arguing in favor of them. You're making me look bad by association."