Having practiced medicine for more than 55 years, Dr. Johnstone has witnessed more than one of his patients take their last breath. But immediately, in his mind, questions always popped up. Is the person's soul in the presence of its maker? Or is the soul now suffering in the flames of hell? Or did it simply die with the body and with it will soon be encrypted, buried, or cremated?

What is the soul anyway? Is it conscious? Can it feel all of the stimuli coming to it from light, sound, heat, taste, smell, and touch? If so then a soul in heaven would be able to appreciate all of the...