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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Baloo: [QB] Okay, so I lied about not posting. The discussion has taken an interesting turn. The following is not the exact words used by experts to describe the purrgatory process. (I invite HMS White Star to correct any further errors -- tactfully, [i]please![/i] [IMG]http://flare.solareclipse.net/wink.gif[/IMG]) Apparently even a forgiven soul is somewhat "tarnished" upon its arrival in the afterlife. Unforgiven souls go straight to hell, do not pass go, do not collect $200, and generally don't have a good time of it. Truly saintly souls ascend directly to heaven, are given the keys to the pearly gates, and given eternal membership in the heavenly country club (or something like that, though perhaps not comprehensible in human terms). Everyone else (forgiven, but perhaps not saintly, either) goes straight to purgatory. Descriptions I have heard imply that purgatory is like hell, but you are only in for an amount of time determined by God himself, and depending upon the type and severity of the sins you were forgiven from. While in purgatory, the forgiven, but tarnished soul, undergoes "spiritual rehabilitation" to remove the effects of sin (I'm guessing, but that's what it sounded like). The description sounds like "hell-with-a-time-limit". It's awful, but it ends, and when it does, your soul is no longer scarred and tarnished by the effects of sin. Apart from the speculative bit about saints, I think that's what it's all about. One question: since indulgences aren't sold, who actually gets them, how and why? --Baloo [/QB][/QUOTE]
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