This whole "deathbed confession and
reformation" bu**s**t just sounds like another example of "critical Mass" to me --- it sounds waaaaayyyy too "easy" or "convenient" a way to be evil and selfish all your life. How can things truly be "
made whole again" if you've seriously mistreated others for many years, and then suddenly
atone for it "at the last minute"?? There are still all of those other people whom you've hurt (and have had their lives ruined by your
meanness) to think about --- why don't you make said "born-aginner" beliefs truly count by arranging for the restorations of those other people's losses, rather than just symbolically "making your peace with God" but still ignoring all the damage you've done over the past decades?!