The problem with Psychology and Sociology

When in Sociology class I always got a bad feeling when studying the material. Like something was wrong. I disliked the subject matter for some reason. Psychology also, but to a lesser extent. However, I couldn't actually put my finger on what was wrong. Until now. When I was reading a book from the library called scientific evidence of the existence of the soul it all of a sudden dawned on me. These two "disiplince", if you will, leave no room for the soul. They reduce man to the most basic level of interaction between meaningless chemicals. Man is a machine, with no choice, or free will. This disturbes me. They leave no room at all for the divine, and frankly that seems wrong. Apparently they have no proof so they dismiss such beliefs as myth or folklore. There is something fundamentally wrong with this view. I think scientific dogma crosses boundaries in all the sciences. The belief that all men are semi-intelligent apes. Well sorry, but I think that is a bunch of crap. In Eastern philosophy they accept the existance of the soul as reality. They have many practices that involve it; such as yoga, meditation, acupunture, etc. I have a huge argument about the merger of east and west philosophies, but I will spare you of it. Suffice it to say that I think if that ever could happen both of us would be better off. Never blindly dismiss something, because it doesn't seem to fit your little cookie cutter view. Question everything. As I said before =)