Originally Posted by TheWriteAlex

It's a spiritual/metaphysical topic; not a religious topic. It can quickly be made a religious topic if you start attaching a specific religion's dogma and scripture to the question, but until that happens, it is fine to discuss.

As for me personally, I think science can settle this matter very simply: The law of energy conservation states that all energy is neither created nor destroyed. If our soul, or life force, or whatever it is, is a form of energy, then wouldn't this physical law apply to that energy as well?