To me, a soul is a scientifically demonstrable fact

To me, a soul is a scientifically demonstrable fact even though many won't admit this for thousands of reasons.

However, on top of this, to me, Religions are entirely optional. Why?

Because whether you are a Buddhist, a Christian, a Muslim or a Brahman or any other religion, most religions were created to keep cultures alive. In other words they all started as a way to keep children and women and men from killing themselves the first time someone they loved died.

So, immediately this makes all religions suspect on this one level.

So, though a soul is a scientifically demonstrable fact, all religions mostly are not scientific but more sort of like "Old Wives tales" told to keep people from killing themselves or others when loved ones die.

So, in some ways there is no difference between Disney's fairy tales and the stories of most religions on some levels so it is easy to see that all religions are used as "Political instruments" of mind control on different cultures on earth.

So, this is why I advocate everyone who can to develop their own religions of how they believe things work in the universe.

This is a much more "HONEST" way to do it than political religious leaders scaring people into giving them money especially as people get older so they "Can get buy a good seat in heaven!"