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Does someone who has taken their own life have a chance of going to heaven?
Question: Does someone who has taken their own life have a chance of going to heaven? Response: What prevents a person from entering heaven or not (i.e., to be saved or not) is to die in a state of grace, in other words, to die without mortal sin. For someone