Hi Wolfie...
I acknowledge the validity of your point of view. Personally I believe that all things are a part of "all that is"... To that end, I actually believe that the current generally accepted definition of what a "soul" is indicates a very limited perspective. However, as much as I want to believe in its existence, no one can offer clear and definitive proof to that affect... I'm aware of a lot of the scientific evidence that tends to support the concept of a soul. It's for that reason that I've devoted a vast amount of my time in the study of quantum theory... for it is in this field that science and theology come closest to a meeting of the minds...
In the final analysis though, I'm still stuck with the fact that at this time in the linear chronology of this existence, there is not yet any proof that a soul exists. Therefore, it is only my most fervent and steadfast belief that a soul exists... But right now, I have no way of knowing whether or not it actually exists...

Incidentally, I don't dismiss belief as any sort of fiction or self-delusion. To me, belief is one of the building blocks of the reality we each create and participate in... But I won't go there here and now...

Dan