Hmmm the natural sciences section has another one of those religion versus science debates? Could that please be refrained in futuer and rather referred to the PD section?
But my view point is that God is not an entity as defined by the Bible. God does not have a gender, race, creed, belief system and is not a being. God can be veiwed as an energy that resonates throughout the universe and could possibly pose as an explanation of what holds the universe together as a sort of an explanation of what keeps the universe from falling apart for the ancients.
Concerning the human soul it is not matter as it is an abstract concept that acts an explanation for why we have a conscience, emotions, ambitions and dreams. It is sort of like an energy that inerlinks us with the rest of the universe.
Inevitably there is no true definition for matter. Only that it includes EVERYTHING. It's here, It's been here since the beginning of time and even before that, apparently and the truth is that it is here to stay