There WAS a thread about Purgatory in the "Catholic Caucus" recently. This thread, however, was posted as an OPEN Religion Forum topic and had the following assertion:
If that is the only place in the Bible where we find any reference to purgatory, many Protestant Christians argue, then that is a weak support for such a practice. Fortunately, we know as Catholics that all of our doctrines are indeed found in the Word of God, as is the doctrine of Purgatory. Hence what follows is a biblical understanding of the Catholic doctrine of Purgatory.
Should your fellow Freepers who are called "Protestants" not be permitted to respond to such assertions? Should we not be allowed to refute what we see as false doctrine and a perversion of the Gospel of Jesus Christ? Sorry if some RCs get their knickers in a knot whenever someone DARES disagree with them, but that IS the benefit of having this website - we can discuss what we believe with others. If someone is unable to bear reading rebuttals of his faith without seeing "anti-Catholic", "bashing", "criticizing", "mocking" or "deprecation" behind every comment, perhaps the OPEN RF is not where he should go. Bringing such an attitude is seen as disrupting to the thread.
“...Should we not be allowed to refute what we see as false doctrine...?”
No, because non catholics do not understand catholic theology and always get it wrong. Also - our scriptural proof texts are always ignored by non catholics when cited, even though they are valid and biblical.
Non catholics have no business “refuting” something they do not comprehend.
In my opinion, you are entitled to be wrong as often as you want.