That's a dark and ultimately hopeless way to live, I do pity you greatly.

I do believe that there is more to a man than what you can physically measure and prove exist, and that the soul is eternal even beyond death. But everyone has their own views of the soul, and if they are certain of that belief, and are happy with it, who are we to argue how their life is?

If you believe it is BS, then you believe it is BS, what's your point? Make intellectual progress all you want, question the soul all you want, downplay my beliefs all you want, it's not going to affect me. I'm not trying to force you, or convince you or convert you to think how I think, nor do I plan to do so for anyone else. I'm not going to threaten you with eternal damnation if you don't do as I do. Me believing in what you say are fairy-tales does not affect you, nor should it

I was originally here to state my views on the subject as the original poster asked, not argue if it is true or not so I'll leave it at that.

As you wish.

The "fight" you seek is a pointless one. Religious faith is precisely that: belief without proof, or need of proof. Asking for an intellectual battle pitting such belief against scientific research is both meaningless and cruel-- you are putting up your understanding of the temporal world against their belief in a separate, spiritual one. However much you may learn about this world, it does not bear in any absolute way on their beliefs. You can no more disprove the truth of their beliefs than they can prove their truth without all concerned permanently killing yourselves and discussing what you find (which would hopefully resolve the discussion, although if your beliefs and mine are correct, such a discussion would be difficult).

Faith has value, Mr. Horned Wolf. While I am not so naiive as to identify your sort of belief with theirs, you will not be able either to devalue or debunk their faiths from an outside perspective, any more than they can prove themselves right in this life. A more fruitful discussion might be to ask them how they interpret scientific insight, or certain seemingly inconsistent aspects of their own faiths, in light of their spiritual beliefs, and then discuss that within the believers' own frames of reference.

Also, regardless of whether Mr. Kalamari's beliefs are literally correct, there is value in them, just as there is value in the Amarrian faith and in Achur teachings on gods and other spiritual beings, including an afterlife. Not all truth is literal, and some literal truth is not even helpful (for example, the stars will not care if you murder your brother). There is much wisdom to be found in any ancient faith-- there must be, for it to have survived for so long. And then there are the practical aspects.

The Amarrian god is the basis for a great society-- arguably the most powerful, and certainly the oldest, of New Eden's civilizations, barring the Jove. Even if that deity does not exist, belief in him has great utility.

The Intaki Idamas, if i understand their nature correctly, are literally real, created through a technological process similar to cloning. Whether this grants them the full wisdom with which they seem to be credited is perhaps open to question, but it is at the very least a fascinating approach to reincarnation. Even an atheist such as yourself may some day want to partly let go of the person you are now, and influence, rather than directly proceed into being and controlling, your future self. Would it not be interesting to add a perspective to your consciousness that is not entirely your own?

Now, being as my own faith actively embraces scientific insight as an aspect of our approach to exploring this reality, and therefore is subject to reasoned argument from a perspective of unbelief, perhaps you would find it more useful to discuss and debate that, rather than harass the spiritually faithful? You might actually make some progress, and they'd probably appreciate the peace.

You make Faith sound so unreasonable and separate from the world we live in.

It is not. It is tied to my physicality. It does not warp what I see, think, feel, merely shapes and guides those things.

You shape you own opinions of your cultural biases to condemn mine. You lack the very scientific practicality, and impartial nature you try to endorse. If indeed you were championing it in any meaningful way you would spend your time trying to understand not decry the cultures of others.

If you are telling me that you feel the deaths during the rebellions and subsequent years of Low Sec conflict are entirely the fault of Amarrians you must be reminded that the Amarr did not start the rebellions, your people did.