Men must deserve salvation, they must work at it and live their lives accordingly. They should not hope for a fatuous statement from a man who should know better to save them from eternal damnation. These men stood for everything that the Church and God abhors. God will certainly decide.
Nonsense. No one "deserves" salvation. We are all worthy of death and nothing more. Remember what St. Paul wrote about how unusual it is for someone to die for a good man, yet Christ died for us while we were the foulest sinners. The gift of salvation is completely gratuitous.
uh...I think the Apostle Paul might have disagreed with you. You might want to give that New Testament another read. Or not. It's up to you of course.