You got that backwards. It isn't a material thing and it can't exist without thought.
Like a fairy tale.
Don't you think that true things can be taught through fairy tales?
When Jesus was speaking about someone losing their soul he was speaking about someone losing their mind. Just like now there was a lot of insanity going around like a contagious plague in first century Judea.
Obviously ding set aside the instructions in the law, worships an almighty yet edible triune mangod and consequently has lost his mind. Now he can't think rationally but he has faith that madness is a religious experience.....a person doesn't have to believe in fairy tales or God to see that.
swallow garbage without thinking and you will lose your mind. This is the teaching, wisdom, and warning of the law. The proof is right in front of you every time you try to reason with ding..
Once a person loses their mind, with what can they get it back?
This is just one of the hard learned lessons of the past handed down though biblical fairy tales.
The difference between sanity and insanity is the difference between heaven and hell.
To claim that hell doesn't exist would amount to claiming that ding isn't detached from reality and lost in confusion, perhaps for the rest of his life.