What is a Spirit?

[o_O.Q]

o_O.Q said:
something to keep in mind is that even though we believe we have a comprehensive understanding of our environment scientists themselves state that over 95% of the matter around us is not measurable with our current instrumentation

imo its naive to claim that the concept of a supernatural realm that is imperceptible to us is impossible or just there to alleviate our fear of death when we admittedly have such an incomplete picture of what's going on

I think you're confused about the distinction between the negative position and the antithetical position.

The negative position is not a claim, merely a skeptical stance to a positive claim. I.E. someone claims spirits/souls exist, the negative position is to say - prove it. This is much different than the antithetical position which is to respond - no, spirits/souls do not exist.

Until one has sufficient reason to believe something is so, the appropriate rational response is doubt. This is to avoid holding potentially untrue and/or unjustified beliefs.

"I think you're confused about the distinction between the negative position and the antithetical position."

what makes you say that?