[ctdonath2]

He also said “today you shall be with Me in Paradise”, not “today you’ll enter the great spiritual washing machine and in a few millennia you’ll be with Me in Paradise”.

The concept of Purgatory pretty much nullifies Christ’s purpose. Eternity is a very long time, so if everyone’s soul can be cleaned up by a while in the great spiritual washing machine, the time required is negligible (however long) and a “savior” unnecessary.

[Salvation]

Paradise WAS the waiting place, the purgation place. It was not heaven. Christ was the first one into heaven.

[cloudmountain]

I see. Christ's death negates any/all sins one commits no matter how much we promise "not to do it again." That's novel. One gets to commit sin and know that, no matter what, it's forgiven.

Didn't Jesus tell the adulteress to "go and sin no more"???

Isn't forgiveness predicated on the these things?
Confessing sins;
expressing sorrow for sinning;
asking for forgiveness;
promising not to do it again;
punishment/atonement.

But, that's what I learned about sin and forgiveness in my Catholic education. But, that's not the case for non-Catholics. They have no confession and only have to say "Sorry, Lord; forgive me, Lord; I won't do it again, Lord."

Easy-peasy. One can do that ten times a day. Life is a bowl of cherries with NO pits, punishment or purgatory.