I don't know what you are talking about.I do not believe that everyone will be saved. And I dont know why you brought up son of Sam. If he asked for forgiveness, and is following Christ, his salvation is assured.Dear Cassandra: what leads us to heavenly peace and healing in the Kingdom of God is forgiveness which allows God in so all things can be corrected and restored in Christ Jesus.
What leads us to suffer in hell is unforgiveness the one blasphemy against the Holy Spirit that is unforgiveable because we always have to choose and agree to ask God for forgiveness or the unforgiveness and refusal to allow God's grace in will block us from receiving.
The SOONER we agree to receive Grace Forgiveness and Healing the Sooner we break the pattern causing sins and suffering to replicate.
For example, even though murder and murderers are forgiven once they agree to come clean, the SOONER you come clean the less people die and suffer and the less restitution you owe to your fellow man you have injured.
God's grace and forgiveness are free but man's debts to each other still have to be paid.
Look at the War in Europe. The Sooner the countries and leaders make peace, the more we can reduce the loss of lives and communities to rape, killing, torture and destruction going on in genocidal tribal warfare.
All the counties that have suffered war have carried the scars of it for generations.
There is recovery over time, but the less damage done the less work it takes to recover.
So heaven and hell are like that.
Compare the testimony of people like David Berkowitz who became transformed in Christ but only after he had already killed several people. He now teaches through his own ministerial outreach that had he gotten help sooner, those people might still be alive. So he loves to reach out to others with criminal sickness, urging and teaching everyone to share this knowledge of God's healing and transformation in Christ to save lives.
The Sooner the better.
I was saying to Harold, who believes that everyone will be saved, that, if that were true, there is no need to evangelize.
We are commanded to evangelize from Christ Himself (Go ye therefore...) but He wouldn't even have to say that if everyone is going to be saved.
We will be saved if we come to Christ. God is not going to save everyone--only those who come to Him.