Why I think we’re not souls but just matter.

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Materialists fear the unknown. That's one reason they adhere to materialism and refuse to consider God, the existence of a soul or supernatural forces. They're afraid and prefer to avoid facts, details and truth in favor of their own indoctrinated perspective.

On the other hand, believers fear the whole personal responsibility for existence. I've come to understand that religious people find facts to support their beliefs, and non-religious people find belief to support their facts.

"They're afraid and prefer to avoid facts, details and truth in favor of their own indoctrinated perspective." - This quite easily could also be the definition of someone who believes in God, souls and supernatural forces. Anyway, I respect your opinion.

I just believe that individuals are born with unique intellects. Each one thinks differently. Each brain, is creative and is entitled to believe in their own ideas first. However, one thing that lies undeterred which is, our ability to question things and ideas. Question our own ideas for that matter. Questioning things makes us wiser undoubtedly.

Questioning things has brought us to all the technological & scientific advancements that we enjoy today. Unfortunately, I do feel, that believers in the God/souls/supernatural, question much less, almost never. Therefore, while the field of science, has seen multiple iterations of ideas - One scientist comes up with an idea, it's accepted and then another scientist comes up with a better idea which gets accepted. Scientists keep debunking their own ideas from time to time, thus unravelling the truth further. Whereas, this rarely seems to be the case in the field of religion.

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