Purgatory doesn’t make sense. Why?
I am not a Roman Catholic so take this with a grain of salt. My understanding is that the Roman Catholic church teaches that the vast majority of believers do not go directly to heaven but instead go to a place commonly called purgatory. This is because they are not pure enough to go to heaven. In purgatory they suffer for a period of time and this suffering purges them of the pollution that is still a part of their being.
If that is the case then it seems logical to me that while in purgatory they would continue sinning. Thus the penalty would continue to grow and they would never be released. It seems like the opposite of a win/win to me.
Where is my logic wrong?
homo unius libri
It's NOT. The BIBLE teaches NOTHING about any such place. The books that the Catholics added MAY. It all sort of flies in the face of "absent from the body, present with the Lord!"
ReplyDeleteWe come from a tradition that believes the Bible is the ultimae authority. They believe the church is the ultimate authority. I also believe the Bible is more logical than any church will ever be.
DeleteGrace and peace.