An alternative to atheist thought

[drfuzzy]

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Hi. Are you perhaps going through a rough period in life?

... But I can tell your theory (or concept whichever you prefer) has religious roots, you know, spirits, one god, evil, etc.

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You seem to be a kind person.   I'm doing OK in every sense, according to normal standards. Thanks.

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I believe my concept is rooted in facts. A spirit is the non-physical portion of a person,  his or her consciousness. That's a fact.

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Evil is the cause of pain and suffering. We know everybody suffers.  That's a fact. I don't believe in God; however,  there has to be a primordial source in the universe.  You and I have sources:  Our parents.  They had sources,  which each also had a source.  These are all facts.  Let's go back 4 billions years: something produced the earth, and the earth became the source of all life on the planet.  So the earth has a source and is a source also.  Let's go back all the way;  something gave rise to the first source of the material universe:  The Source of all sources.  This is a fact, not religious.  The 1st cause (the one that preceded all of the other causes and effects)  (think of the domino effect) has produced disgusting results,  which we see and experience today. I know to most people it's no problem,  but I don't believe it's right.

You know, it's easy to notice and interact with matter.  Non-material things are more difficult to perceive,  but don't make the mistake of believing  they do not exist.  It would be similar to claiming viruses or bacteria don't exist because we can't see them. I'm not talking about mysticism. There are thousands of cases of brief clinical deaths, where the people that were resuscitated report having experiences outside of their bodies,
This while their brains  and hearts were dead.   This is a fact. Concepts,  ideas,  feelings,  thoughts, awareness,  and the like are non-physical and very important to us.  This is a fact.  Religions lie and blind people.   They seek to control people. Believe me,  I'm not religious.

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Nope.  There is no human "soul".  There is no human "spirit".  There is no afterlife.  You start with a false statement.  There is no evidence that there is any non-corporeal form for any living being.  
Non-material things are difficult to perceive because they don't exist.  So new-age philosophical woo just fills in blanks with anything fun.
Religions do lie and blind people.  So does new-age spirituality.  It's just more fun because there is less dogma and control.