Has there ever been one iota of hard evidence for the existence of a soul? I've always categorized the idea of soul the same way as the Greek gods. Fanciful nonsense with no basis in reality.
When I read revelations, I felt god was an egomaniac if he actually cared for humanity at all. The perfection of the clockwork universe contrasts with the imperfection of the human spiritual and material conditions. Such a god is a bastard for punishing you for doing what you were destined to do by his very design for you. Satan is a far less cruel master. However, if no such monster exists in reality and we are the beautiful emergent results of natural computational systems, nature and the world become beautiful again. No longer is it a frail imperfect creation but instead a beautiful floral tapestry.
What is beauty?