[keats5]

"Let's put it the other way round. Say Hitler accepted Christ in his youth, before becoming the monster that he was. Through all the murder, mayhem and commandments that he broke later in his life, would he still be welcomed at the Gates?"

Paul taught that a true conversion experience would result in fruits of the Holy Spirit, enabling the converted person to give up a life of sin. Sure, true Christians still sin. But they are able to become more Christ-like as the Holy Spirit enables them to become free of one sin at a time throughout their lifespans.

So, a truly converted Hitler would find his sins so repugnant that the Holy Spirit would compel him to change his ways. The fact that Hitler committed such atrocities is evidence that he never gave his life to Christ.

[pillut48]

But if he *had*, yes, he would have been forgiven. Christ died for *all*, even the seemingly unredeemable ones like Hitler and Osama Bin Laden, etc.