I think the immortal spirit means what you call the spark of life. Most religions will tell you that all spirits are connected with the root source as god.
It's a metaphysical way of talking about existence, or the fact of being. Interesting fact, the hebrew word YWHW or whatever means 'he who is'...
There's just one problem with the word science today. It's changed from being pure facts such as math or physical laws, basically the STEM field, to studies that are voted democratically such as economy, psychology etc. I use the word studies on purpose. Yes those are 'sciences' in common language, but those are theories that are even less likely to accurate. The STEM field is complex enough, now add the human factor and the philosophy behind why we do things and you find answers that can be 'proven' in both ways, it depends just on how you present (and collect) the stats and facts
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Oh man don't even get me started on politics within science and the publish or perish ecosystem caused by how they seek funding. STEM is cool and all but because of how society is constructed now there's little to no critical thought put into how advances in the field will affect society at large, largely because doing so would put a dent into the profits of corporations who benefit from said advances. Take philosophy or sociology for instance. Are they well-funded fields? Hell no. Mostly because anything real that comes out of any thought put into the field would tell you that the direction we're headed as a species is going to hurt us in the long run, and that is detrimental to next quarter's profits, so good riddance you, we're going to label you a pseudo-intellectual, as we don't need that gibberish 'round these parts.