Let's face it, he'd be bored as fuck in heaven anyway.]
Bluntly put, most who commit mass murders and crimes against humanity in general don't truly care about redemption in the first place. Any attempt they may be making to get into heaven is a fear of consequences, in which case no, it certainly wouldn't balance out because the intent or willingness to do evil remains. Self-centered attempts at redemption quite simply aren't attempts at redemption to begin with; they're an attempt to save oneself.
A case can be made, however, for the actions of those who were present in Ishval as being done under coercion - there was no malicious intent, simply survival instinct. It hardly seems logical to consider everyone that was present there to be on the same level of a mass murderer who kills for fun.
[NEVER MIND THE PART WHERE I AM A MASS MURDERER WHO KILLS FOR FUN. THAT ISN'T THE POINT HERE.]
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Well, according to ArakawaLet's face it, he'd be bored as fuck in heaven anyway.]
Bluntly put, most who commit mass murders and crimes against humanity in general don't truly care about redemption in the first place. Any attempt they may be making to get into heaven is a fear of consequences, in which case no, it certainly wouldn't balance out because the intent or willingness to do evil remains. Self-centered attempts at redemption quite simply aren't attempts at redemption to begin with; they're an attempt to save oneself.
A case can be made, however, for the actions of those who were present in Ishval as being done under coercion - there was no malicious intent, simply survival instinct. It hardly seems logical to consider everyone that was present there to be on the same level of a mass murderer who kills for fun.
[NEVER MIND THE PART WHERE I AM A MASS MURDERER WHO KILLS FOR FUN. THAT ISN'T THE POINT HERE.]