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Lydia Leftcoast

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3. If Hitler had made a such a confession, I doubt that it would have been sincere,

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2015, 07:07 PM

May 2015

rather a matter of hedging his bets.

Remember the evil King John of Robin Hood fame? He actually existed and is buried in Worcester, England, and the story about him is that as he was dying, he asked to be buried in a monk's robe so he could sneak into heaven. Yes, not only mean but dumb!

A genuinely sociopathic person (as Hitler clearly was--I've just read The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich) would be incapable of true repentance.

In the early church, there were people who refused to be baptized until they were dying because they believed that baptism cancelled all their sins and they wanted to make sure they wouldn't commit any more.

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going to heaven via last minute confession of sincere faith [View all] steve2470 May 2015 OP

Steve, I grew up Baptist and that's what I was always told by pastors, etc. classof56 May 2015 #1

thanks! nt steve2470 May 2015 #2

If Hitler had made a such a confession, I doubt that it would have been sincere, Lydia Leftcoast May 2015 #3

I do believe it works that way, however Thav May 2015 #4

Not really sure Andy823 Sep 2016 #5