@fmf saidthat's always been the Christians 'get out of jail card'
Vice President Mike Pence is said to be a devout Christian but he is in an unenviable position when he is defending the demonstrably untrue things the U.S. President sometimes says.
Even if you don't believe the president lies and you don't think that the vice president says anything dishonest when he comments on what the president has said, for the sake of argument, let's sa ...[text shortened]... er] mitigated or absolved if he sincerely intends, all along, to repent after the 16 years are over?
commit any atrocity and ask for forgiveness
and like magic you are back on the path to heaven