[cherry]

"He is doing penance in hell"

you don't know this...

if he begged God's forgiveness with his last breath, he would be forgiven....

sure, that doesn't sit well with us goodytwoshoes, but that is the way it is....

[StolarStorm]

So the guy who whacked the child rapist can be forgiven? Cool.

[thoughtomator]

I can't see that as true, otherwise it would give everyone free license to break God's law anytime they wished as long as they saved their last breath for repentance, and they'd get a free pass.

No, I don't think the mere mouthing of the words suffices to fool Him. There is no destination but eternal flame for a man who would rape children entrusted to his care.