I do not think consciousness requires a soul or any other magic (not a dualist myself), but you have to acknowledge that there is 1) evidence of consciousness,

I do not think consciousness requires a soul or any other magic (not a dualist myself), but you have to acknowledge that there is 1) evidence of consciousness, 2) no evidence of where it comes from, and 3) no way to prove or falsify a statement that it magically arises from entities described by modern models in natural sciences.