Originally Posted by NichePay - StuartD

Well, it's been proven that energy doesn't cease to exist... it's transformed or transfered in some way.

It's also been proven that our body uses electrical signals... as well as body heat... as well as motion... etc.

So when we die... that energy has to go go somewhere, become something.

Whether or not it's reincarnation, heaven, hell or just floating around the cosmos... who knows. But, certainly, some small part of you becomes something else and continues to exist.