Purgatory

[Cartoonist]

https://www.ibelieve.com/faith/what-is-purgatory-and-is-it-in-the-bible.html

Upon dying, does the human soul really travel to a temporary place to purify itself? Can the soul “cleanse” itself before entering the fullness of Heaven? . . .

Purgatory is integral to the Roman Catholic faith, but what does the Bible say about it? And how can Protestant Christians lovingly engage with Catholics beyond just an intellectual understanding of the doctrine?
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The famous theologian Augustine – considered a founding father of Christianity – advocated praying for the dead. He felt prayer removed the final traces of sin after a human passed away. According to Catholic Online, St. Augustine lead a life of drinking and sexual immorality. Could Augustine’s inner-guilt from his personal experiences with sin lead him to embrace the idea of purgatory? Perhaps so.
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Let us now lovingly engage in a discussion of Purgatory.

Who thinks this is a real place?
Can't God be cruel enough? OK, we'll let you into Heaven, but first we have to purify you. By fire. 🔥

[Major Nikon]

1. Obviously purgatory is just metaphorical and you just don't understand

Someone on the interwebs said so.

[Cartoonist]

3. I've noticed that pop up

Metaphor phor wut? What difference does it make? The story of Noah is about an evil god. Real or metaphorical, God is still evil.

[Major Nikon]

4. Now you're just diverting

[Voltaire2]

6. It is a metaphor for a place where you get tortured

by an evil god, but not for eternity.

[Major Nikon]

7. Hello definer

[MineralMan]

2. You've gotta suffer for your evil ways.

God sez so. Oh, wait...all that's human nonsense. Sometimes I forget that humans invented gods. Oh well, never mind...

[trotsky]

5. This flows naturally from the notion that god is so much more wonderful than us pitiful humans.

And that we don't have the capacity to question his actions or decisions.

[Major Nikon]

8. Omnipotent and omnipresent

As puny humans we can’t possibly know His will, but there’s an instructional manual with at least a couple of revisions you can reference. Mind you it’s all metaphorical just to confuse everyone and if you fuck it up you will get a spot on the menu at the forever BBQ.