Many people use "soul" in that sense, Bill. In fact I think we all use it that way sometimes.

I think I already know all the positive atheist arguments. I was using them all myself for years and years... ;-) They mostly hinge on a misunderstanding of the nature of "God". That is, they basically attempt to explain away a limitless infinity by treating it as various limited concepts. They all make perfect sense within their own little self-feeding loop of logic, and that's why they are so compelling. Believe me, I know. ;-)

As long as you accept various other people's primitive notions of "God" as the only viable definitions of "God", then it's easy to shoot down the idea of God using logic. God knows, I did it all through my feckless youth. When one is 19 years old one assumes one knows everything, after all... (grin)