Donal Mahoney- A Poem

Everyone Goes to Heaven

Universal salvation claims

everyone goes to Heaven

and no one goes Hell.

Highly controversial.

The auditorium was packed 

the night three professors 

debated universal salvation.

Questions from the audience

revealed some folks were happy

to hear everyone goes to heaven. 

Others groaned in disbelief.

A man in the back row

asked if universal salvation 

meant some day he might

have to share a schnitzel   

in the clouds with Adolph.

Some folks applauded

that remark and others 

stood up and booed.

A man in a white coat 

and stethoscope necklace 

asked what happens if a 

doctor has a heart attack 

and dies during an abortion. 

Does he go to heaven or 

must he be vetted by Peter. 

More applause and more boos.

A college student stood up

and said he thought people 

should believe in something

then added he meant they 

should believe in someone.

Another young man asked if 

universal salvation means 

murderers and rapists spend 

eternity with the angels.

The gathering finally adjourned

to the cafeteria downstairs as

questions and answers

continued over coffee and rolls.

It was the kind of thing one finds 

after a church service on Sunday

except the fellowship was missing.

People were still arguing as they

drifted out in groups, sparklers

sizzling in the night.

Donal Mahoney

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The author was surprised to find the article 

in the link below questioning the existence of Hell:

https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/hell-population-zero