That's the whole thing, isn't it? It doesn't matter what you do or how you treat others, all that matters is whether you believe. I actually know someone irl, unfortunately, who has no problem cheating on his wife, defrauding children's charities - twice - money laundering, and basically is a total sociopath. But he has said with his own mouth hole that he can just go to his church and get forgiven.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'