"Should you be among the minority who admit existences byond the material universe, then you may find the spirit is actually "something" (meaning an existent thing) even though it is not a matter-and-energy "thing"."

It seems to me that there are far too many people in the world who don't know the difference between a notion and a fact. It's all very well to posit "something" beyond "matter-and-energy" but unless evidence is available to support such a concept, it remains a mere notion. Is it possible to find evidence for "something" beyond "matter-and-energy"? Well that is not my problem - but the problem of the holder of the notion! Trouble is there are far too many holders of such notions who would impose them on others - including children.

The other day a couple of 'fundagelicals' knocked on my door and asked me if I believed in God and if I believed that God created everything. I replied that I had seen no evidence to support such notions. One of the fundagelicals then touched my doorframe and said, "well someone created this house so someone must have created the universe." I replied, "I'm sorry but that's just an hypothesis based on an analogy; have you got any evidence to support your hypothesis?" They left rather smartly!