# What if Satan Repented?

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**Created:** [June 6, 2020, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-satan-repented/855137 "2020-06-06T02:03:50Z")\
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> What if he decided he was wrong and sincerely repented. Here I assume that, like humans, Beelzebub has free will. God, being all-knowing, would know that he was sincere. Would Lucifer be allowed back into heaven? Discuss.

My belief is that Christianity is a type of Manichaeism disguised as monotheism. Even if, logically speaking, Lucifer could easily see he had no chance against the omnipotent numero uno and repent so that he could forgiven, the official Biblical hermeneutics would never allow this to happen because it would undermine the foundation of their entire cosmological and moral edifice.

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