[Conservative til I die]

Tell me something, why is it that it was too late for the rich man?

Not sure exactly who you are referring to, but aren't you referring to the Lazarus parable? Wasn't the rich man in Hell?

[agrace]

Yes he was. But the impression I get from the Pope's prayers for God to forgive the terrorists suggests that God can redeem them from such a state of hell if He wants to, going against His own biblical criteria. My point is, once you are dead, that's it. And even if you believe you can pray for the souls of the dead, if they haven't repented of their own volition, choosing instead to reject Christ in death, there's nothing anyone can effect on their behalf. All going back to the excellent presumption that the terrorists died without a Savior.