A Washing Machine For Souls

As I sat looking at the clothes tumbling around in my washing machine, I wondered how it would be, if there was a Washing Machine for Souls? One that would, with a turn of the knob and the press of a button, wash away the grime, the impurities and the stains that stick stubbornly to our souls. This unique Washing Machine would have different temperature settings too. A gentle handwash for the relatively clean souls. Delicate for those little baby souls that left for their heavenly abode before they could get polluted by the world. Hardened souls, encrusted and besmirched, would need higher temperature settings.

We would of course need to separate the souls, just like you do with your clothes. It wouldn’t do to mix the whites and coloureds. So those souls with just a few white lies, some petty jealousies, small white collar crimes must be washed separately from the dark coloured souls: those who have indulged in violent, blood-red atrocities; those who harbour black evil, sinister malice and hatred.

They would all go through the entire cycle. Pre-wash, wash, rinse and come out spotlessly clean. But then I wonder, would any Washing Machine be able to wash clean the souls of those who have – in the name of religion - killed humanity?