Young or old, black, white, red, brown, yellow, they all fool themselves into really believing that their final fate is to sit at the foot of God, with an automatic assumption that God will allow them to.
I wonder, is that the fault of the ministers of God that sit with them in their last moments?
Can it be that the ministers of God offer them a hope of everlasting salvation, if they only confess their crimes and state that they've made a mistake?
I sometimes think some of the priests and chaplains are playing upon their own vanities and reveling in the mistaken notion that they've won another soul to God.
I don't think any of these murdering scum are truly repentant.
God will see into their hearts.
Yes He will. And He is not you, so I suggest you let Him, and stop hoping and praying people into hell.
Redemption without any participation in atonement makes for some sick people. I don't see Jesus performing any miracles to save the Good Thief on the cross. The good thief was told he would meet Jesus in Heaven partly because he accepted his guilt and his punishment. This guy is still appealling to undermine the ryle of law.
What does it take, in your world? No murderer has a chance at salvation?
I suggest you re-read the promise Christ made to the thief on the cross for a simple "Remember me when you come into your kingdom."
I don't get the obsession around this place to sit in judgment of other men's souls.
Yes He will ... far better than you or I.
It is our responsibility as Citizens of this Republic, when called upon to serve as jurors, the judge the objective guilt or innocence of those who stand trial for crimes. It is also our responsibility to recommend an appropriate earthly sentence for those we find guilty.
Judging the condition of their souls is not our job ... and we are irretrievably incompetent to do it. That's God's job.