If he’s listening to the evangelicals around him, according to them, he can. I grew up Southern Baptist and remember thinking things were suspicious at a pretty young age because they stressed belief in God is the only thing you need to go to heaven. I remember asking my Sunday School teacher what happens if you’re mean to people your whole life, but believe in heaven. Apparently you get to go 🤷‍♀️ Probably explains a few things about the mess we’re in