This is the fallacy of protestant thinking. Somehow believing that Purgatory and by implication Heaven is merely an extension of this temporal realm. As I said before, Purgatory is not punitive but therapeutic.
We believe that Jesus' blood washes us from ALL sin, just as we are told in Scripture and that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord, because God in His mercy FORGIVES us our sin instead of making us pay for them ourselves.
If that were the case then why do protestants believe that they must atone for their sins in order to restore fellowship with Christ if He's sufficient? Is it because they know that all that God created was good, even the body, and thus it requires attention as well despite their protestations to the contrary.
They DO???
Who knew!
You must be confusing Protestants with Mormons...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_atonement
Where did you ever get that? No true follower of Christ would believe that. Christ atoned for all of our sins.
Therapeutic?
You mean Jesus blood isn't enough to cleanse us from all sins after all?