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It is not within my scope as I am not near the level of being a deity, but do you really think after what he did with the rape of a 14 year old and murder of two people, these sins can be forgiven?

They were in the process of murdering the Son of God. The crowd was a mixture of Roman soldiers and officials, and Jewish people, and Jesus' mother and followers.

He looked over them, according to Luke 23:34, and asked his Heavenly Father to forgive them because they did not understand what they were doing. Yet, they were doing it willingly, perhaps even gleefully. A group of Roman soldiers had just gambled for Jesus' clothing. In your view, apparently, Jesus was doing something impossible--asking for forgiveness for the people killing him.

Christians, I among them, believe that any sin is forgiven if the person person confesses that Jesus Lord and believes in his or her heart that God raised Him from the dead (Romans 10:9-10). One does not have to be a deity that understand the grace and forgiveness of God on all sin except one--the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. Rape and murder are not that unforgivable sin.

So, yes, because God has extended salvation through His gracious nature, Christians can believe, and hope, that even the vilest of human beings can reach out to God in faith, believing and confessing, and receive eternal forgiveness and attain heaven as a result. (Hope, to a Christian, is a state of expectation, not a wish.)

This may drive you crazy, but there is even the possibility that Anton LeVay, leader and false prophet of the so-called church of Satan, at the last minute, according to a witness of his death, realized the horrid mistakes he had made in his life and cried out for the mercy of God. Would that simple cry resulted in his savlation? No. Again, Scripture is clear: confession that Jesus Christ is Lord and belief in one's heart that God raised him from the dead.

It doesn't take a deity to understand all of this. The only requirement is a willing tongue and a will to believe.