There is a definite difference in states that exists between a person who is living and one that is not. We can explain this in terms of electrical impulses from the brain, or we can explain it in terms of a soul. The true debate boils down to whether or not we acquire our personalities as a result of the alignment of our atoms and our environment, or as a result of our god-given soul and our environment. I see no reason to believe that we must attribute our actions to such things as souls. It seems to me that the main reason people accept the concept of souls is that they refuse to see themselves merely as a collection of atoms.
People aspire to believe that they are individuals.
Some say that the lack of a soul denies them that possibility. I do not agree. Some say that the entire theory that there is no soul must argumentally lead to life being pre-destined. Again, I do not see this as being the case. The reasoning behind those two assertions is essentially the same.