Why in heaven’s name would you want to go to purgatory? Is it not better for you to KNOW and to have the assurance that you are saved right here on earth? This is all so silly. Jesus has paid the price for your sins, past, present, and future. Why can’t Catholics see that? You do not have to wait until the grave to find out if you are going to hell or heaven. There IS no purgatory.
“Why in heaven’s name would you want to go to purgatory? Is it not better for you to KNOW and to have the assurance that you are saved right here on earth? This is all so silly. Jesus has paid the price for your sins, past, present, and future. Why can’t Catholics see that? You do not have to wait until the grave to find out if you are going to hell or heaven. There IS no purgatory.”
The Church believes that Purgatory is a place to clean up the effects of “Venial Sin” (not Mortal Sin which if unrepented, leads to eternal punishment in hell). It’s where one goes to get cleaned up before joining the wedding banquet of the Lord - so he wouldn’t be thrown out (Mat 22:12). For nothing unclean can enter the presence of God in heaven (Rev. 21:27).
For example, I pull a nail out of the wall (sin) but there’s still a dent in the wall, that’s the EFFECT of sin. Purgatory is the process of straightening out the dent from the effect of sin. Catholics, on an ongoing basis, straighten out their dents on earth, by routinely going to Confession, making restitution, e.g., asking forgiveness of the person one didn’t treat as onesself; making satisfaction (doing); e.g., prayers, good deeds, offering up suffering, spreading His Word, etc. Jesus is a merciful and loving God but He is also a just God.
The Apostle Paul had turned his life over to Jesus authentically. Although Jesus restored his vision after he was blinded, Paul nevertheless had a very painful number of years (2 Cor 24-30). He said “I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body that is the church” (1 Col 24) Evangelicals believe Jesus washes us clean in “one sweeping motion” never to be dirty again. Catholics believe there is “one sweeping motion” but afterward the “washing clean” process continues for the rest of our lives and we must “endure to the end.” (Mk 13:13, James 1:2, Mt 10:22, Mt 24:13)
BTW, how will you justify calling His mother a “moon goddess” when you meet Him? Did you call your own mother names?