As a Protestant I’ve never gotten into the debate over purgatory; and as it appears to be a holding area that Catholics believe in, but isn’t necessarily for their initial salvation; I guess I just go with: Let’s just agree to disagree and focus instead on what unites us, our salvation from Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.
However, I do agree that Purgatory does exist via these two links:
In getting glimpses of who lives in Purgatory, Maine go to — http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20030401&slug=gas010
Ski Purgatory at: http://www.durangomountainresort.com/
The problem is they do not have salvation from Jesus Christ.. they have salvation by works.. including some suffering ... that doctrine negates the cross