most of those verse don't even come close to addressing a place like purgatory, and the only one that talks about testing something with fire, is dealing with the quality of our works.
The *fire* tests our WORKS, not US.
Catholics completely miss the point that cleansing from sin is done ONLY through the blood of Jesus.
Hebrews 9:22 Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
What "fire" do you know suffer from, or expect to suffer ffrom?