You have received no disagreement on that point in this newsgroup. We also know that, in the long run, additional light grasp is more important. Experience teaches that this is rarely the case in the field. The limiting factor on magnification in large aperture scopes is usually the atmospheric seeing, not the aperture. Despite your objections to the contrary, the purpose of a telescope is to collect light and bring it to focus.
Magnification does play a role, albeit one clearly secondary to light gathering power.
If you don't want to magnify, then you don't need a telescope at all. Hence, the only purpose of a telescope, is to magnify the image. This is simple logic. If you don't want to magnify, then you don't need a telescope at all. Hence, the only purpose of a telescope, is to magnify the image.