Open Discussion: Why 'Immortality' Matters

Humanity's most burning question concerns immortality, not because we do(n't) want the party to end, but because the promise (or threat) of immortality, combined with the shared sense of universal morality, implies that life has meaning, purpose, and consequences. In this light, since everything we do is based on what we believe to be real and true, wouldn't questioning what we're told to believe, why, and by whom, be prudent?! We certainly think so.
Today, we're presented with two versions of reality; scientific and spiritual. Science explains how the material universe works. Religions, i.e. evolved interpretations of extraordinary mental experiences, collectively suggest why the universe exists and how we should live within it. Given that Matter and Mind are apparently two fundamentally different 'things' that interact, physical and mental phenomena are either two consequent aspects of a more fundamental non-physical root, or physical reality emerges directly out of fundamental, universal consciousness.
Either way, the realization that there's no escaping consciousness has inspired many 'Spiritual but not Religious' (religiously wounded, intellectually curious, scientifically minded, anomalous experiencer, and those drawn to religious experience but resistant to dogma and indoctrination) to find perspectives of reality grounded in essential religious (mental) experience and natural (physical) science more spiritually & morally emancipating and intellectually satisfying than other alternatives. John Polkinghorne summarizes the "Soul" (6 mins)

But what do you think?
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