I love to play with words. They often convey meanings. I'm French and "the death" translates into "la mort". When you say "la mort", you hear "l'âme hors" (the soul out), which tells you we are a soul into a body. And that's what almost all religions teach : we come from the spiritual world and we are here to experience the physical word - and not the other way around.

But yes, it's a huge philosophical/metaphysical/religious debate. We can't really address this topic here.