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[@Fractured] So basically, if in the end, you just convince yourself that what you have done is wrong and regrettable and feel guilt aaaand on top of that accept Jesus, you get to go to heaven?
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To answer your overtones, no, you can't plan it out and take advantage of it. It's not like human court of law; we can't see someone's every thought and intention; you're not going to fool the literal God of everything. Besides, nobody knows when they're going to die.

But to answer the surface question and write off the overtones, even Stalin could have been forgiven and gone to heaven if he repented.