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kyleronaldo7: 1 year ago

What is purgatory?

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Dozy: 1 year ago | Last edited at 9:29PM on 2/29/2012

Purgatory is an invention of the Catholic church used to swindle its members into believing that, even though they're sinners, they might go to Purgatory instead of Hell until they get enough brownie points to go to heaven.

Unchristened babies are supposed to go to Purgatory if they die in infancy. It's just another way of making sure that their parents toe the line and indoctrinate them with Catholicism.

I remember once reading the preface to the (Catholic) Douay version of the Bible in which it said that if a person read their Bible every day they would get so many thousands of years taken off their time in Purgatory. I'm not sure what 10,000 years off Eternity equals, but I don't think it'd help much.

Purgatory is the Church's plea bargaining tool. It's something like being sentenced for Manslaughter instead of Murder.

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Rathkeale: 1 year ago

This is a wonderful explanation. You should sell this to the Pope because I think they need a better way of explaining this to all those poor sinners. Green.

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Dozy: 1 year ago

Hi ms.t. Nah, the Pope is happy with the current usage. The church has never been strong on honesty.

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chuckwr: 1 year ago via iPhone

A place you go before you get into heaven

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DaleWysinger: 1 year ago via iPhone

It is a non-scriptural teaching of the Catholic church. It supposed to be a type of "holding cell" that sinners enter after death. Once their families purchase enough indulgences, the individual is "released" into heaven. You pay the ransom, they escape.

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jbomb: 1 year ago

I thought buying indulgences ceased after Martin Luther's time.

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Rathkeale: 1 year ago

The Catholic church will always take your money and your children. I love the ransom explanation.

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kivetttome: 1 year ago via iPhone

My mother-in-law visiting!

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ynp.214: 1 year ago

Lol! Luckily mine lived in another state. She passed away 12 yrs ago. I got along well with mine. But that may also be due to her living in another state.....and the fact that we do not have children for her to tell us how to raise..............

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kivetttome: 1 year ago via iPhone

I seriously love mine too, but there are times I'd love to wring her neck! ;)

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ynp.214: 1 year ago via iPhone

Like I said above, she was three states away and we had no kids.
She also had two other daughter-in-laws and three son-in-laws. All of them have kids so I was just a little blip on the radar. Plus I make her baby boy happy. As I'm sure you make yours! ;0)

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Dozy: 1 year ago

My ma-in-law was short (4'10") and terrified of dogs. One day when she visited my neighbour's German Shepherd ran down to meet her, put it's paws on her shoulders, got up-close-and-personal, and wished her, "Guten tag."

It looked so funny that I laughed as I ran down to pull him off, but she NEVER forgave me.

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kivetttome: 1 year ago via iPhone

Shame on you for laughing at your poor mother-in-law, Dozy! Truth be told, this would have made me pee my pants laughing! ;)

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ynp.214: 1 year ago

OMD, I sooo would've loved to see that!!!!
I would've laughed so hard I couldn't breathe!

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Dlm73: 1 year ago via Android

It dont exist.

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Mr_FadedGlory: 1 year ago

Everybody LIMBO!!!

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ScottishHarper: 1 year ago

Lol!

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Lolitta: 1 year ago

You've never lost yourself!

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Mr_FadedGlory: 1 year ago via iPhone

I try to remember where I put myself

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ynp.214: 1 year ago via iPhone

Being sent to the COPAcabana......

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Mr_FadedGlory: 1 year ago via iPhone

U were there for 5 minutes! Quit your screechin!

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ynp.214: 1 year ago via iPhone

5 mins of H-E-double hockey sticks!!!
Screeeeeech!

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kivetttome: 1 year ago via iPhone

The hottest spot North of Havana... ;)

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ynp.214: 1 year ago

KIV: it wasn't so hot.........you lose all your thumbs :-/

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ScottishHarper: 1 year ago

Contrary to popular belief, Purgatory was not invented by the Catholic Church to take your money. It has very, very old roots, and while it is not specifically mentioned in the Bible, neither is hell (in the original language), and most Christians believe in that.

Purgatory is sort of a transitional point between Earth and Heaven, and depending on who you ask, it's either for the final purification of all souls, or just for those that aren't quite ready for Heaven. (A similar belief can be found in Islam.)

The idea of Purgatory has at times been misused and corrupted (eg. the buying and selling of indulgences), but it is not a scam set up by the Church.

Here's a link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purgatory

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rotten1sfv: 1 year ago via iPhone

it's another name for Barstow ca

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ynp.214: 1 year ago

I really think you are correct. My husband has a boatload of cousins who live there....wait that doesn't sound right. They aren't the reason, the place is the reason. Big, dry, dusty, hot, no forests, hot, no beaches, hot.......

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rotten1sfv: 1 year ago via iPhone

deserts dwellers turn odd

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ynp.214: 1 year ago

Yep! Like sitting outside in 100+ degree heat!

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