its judgement day, you're in purgatory, are you going to heaven or hell and why??

Question

not just asking catholics, i myself am agnostic, asking from a hypothetical POV

maybe for catholics, protestants etc. there is no purgatory but IF there WAS.... just answer the question, noone likes a smartarse, least of all a religious smartarse

Answer 1

Staying in Purgatory. Got a time share there.

Answer 2

Well, I would hope Heaven since even though I am an agnostic, I have lived a good life, helped other people and tried to make the world a better place.

However, if because I didn't accept Christianity I will go to hell, I expect I will be in good company.

Answer 3

Purgatory is an invention of the Catholic church as is the selling of indulgences to lessen your time there. Nice racket, eh? It is not Biblical and never referred to in Scripture. Those who are called, the elect, are the Church and will spend eternity in Heaven. Jesus' work on the cross was sufficient, no more suffering for sin needed by believers. The work was done completely, nothing needs to be added.

Answer 4

Your hypothesis suggests that you don't want a real answer but since the proper representation of the character of God is at stake I will give you one anyway. Purgatory is something that does not exist according to the Bible. Since the Bible is God's word, and purgatory is simply a man-made tradition, it is likely that one who has been misled to believe in purgatory will be unprepared for the real judgment.

Judgment day is declared to be the time when the unjust receive their punishment. The decision about what happens to a person is made before the judgment day.

The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: 2 Peter 2:9

The danger of the purgatory concept is that it suggests the possiblity of a second chance leaving one totally unprepared for the consequences of determined resistance against the love of God. Character cannot be changed at death or in the judgment.

The punishment, for those who refuse the love of God and his help to gain the victory over the principle of selfishness in their lives, is death in the lake of fire along with the devil and his agents in deception. Hell will be a lake of fire prepared for him and his angels. After these poor souls are destroyed in the lake of fire, God is going to create a new heavens and a new earth. No one will experience immortality burning in the flames of hell throughout the ceaseless cycles of etenity for a mere 70 years of sin, not even Satan. It is not the punishing that will continue forever, it is the results of the punishment that is everlasting in its effect. Satan and sinners will cease to exist forever after they have been punished.

Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: Matthew 25:41

But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 2 Peter 3:7

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. Revelation 21:8

God's people will be in heaven having been resurrected or translated at the second coming of Christ. The characters of all who have ever professed to believe in Christ or God is being judged now. If found faithful, they will receive their reward when Christ returns. You should check out these articles...

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Answer 5

Heaven eventually. Everyone who is in Purgatory ends up in Heaven. The people who are going to hell have no need to be spiffed up in Purgatory first.

Answer 6

If you believe in that stuff, that's your problem.. I'm not one to be brainwashed. I do respect people's beliefs, as long as they don't try to stuff it down my throat.
Most so prophets whether it be Jesus, who has been prov-en to exist, right down to David Coresh are nothing but con artists who have mind control over the weak minded and enjoy manipulating people. It makes me laugh when you get all those evangelists talking about the way we will all go to hell, but "send your money too.."(so he can live in luxury).
Even the Churches, very wealthy in thier own right, still expect the poor suckers to cough up the dough with a collection plate!
The Church Of England owns more land & Buildings than anybody else!
What about the Miracles? I hear you cry..conjuring tricks!
In answer to the question..when your dead, its final! your kaput!
the end..when you take your final breath..GAME OVE

Answer 7

Heaven. Purgatory isn't a holding station, nor is it a punishment. It is for spiritual cleansing prior to Heaven.

Answer 8

Heaven I hope as I always try to be nice and help people, but sadly I cant always get it right, I am only mortal, I cant save the world though I would love to.

Answer 9

I am going to Heaven because it says that whosoever shall believe in the Lord Jesus that he died and was risen on the third day and confess this with his mouth and ask forgiveness for his or her sins shall be saved and have eternal life

Answer 10

If I understand correctly, the Catholic belief in Purgatory comes from two passages, one in the book of Maccabees (which is not accepted as Scripture by Protestants) and the other in the first letter of the apostle Peter, which everybody accepts as Scripture.

The Maccabees passage mentions that Judah Maccabee offered sacrifices to God on behalf of soldiers who had served under him and were killed in the wars.

That is all the passage said, but people reasoned, "If he offered sacrifices for them, they must have been in a position in which the sacrifices could do them some good. They cannot yet have been in Heaven since the sacrifices were of benefit to them. But they cannot yet have been in Hell, either, or the sacrifices would have been of no use."

However, the passage did not state that the sacrifices were of benefit to them, it merely states that Judah Maccabee offered those sacrifices on their behalf. He may have done so for political resons or to express sympathy to their families, or their families would have been economically stressed if they offered such sacrifics out of their own pockets.

I also recall hearing (you may want to independently verify this, as I am not certain if I recall correctly) that this passage was one of the prime reasons the books of Maccabees were accepted by the Catholic church as canonical, that is, as Scripture given by God and intended to be taught in that manner. This controversy was raging in Europe at about the tme of Martin Luther, which is why most Protestants do not accept the Apocryphal books, as they are called. They split off in protest (hence the name) before those books were accepted.

[You may want to study the historical accounts of the sale of ndulgences, which centered around the belief in Purgatory, and the possibility of souls being released early, due to the prayers and other actions of people on Earth. I do not wish to get sidetracked on that topic, other than to say it seems clear that almsgiving (to the church) was strongly encouraged as a means of releasing the souls of people's loved ones, so it is understandable why the belief in Purgatory was so encouraged.]

The other passages, in 1 Peter, speaks of the spirits of those who formerly disobeyed God and were held in prison waiting for judgement; and that the gospel was preached to those who are now dead. ( I commend the passages to your attention.)

Some people take that to mean that God gave them a 'second chance' to hear the Gospel preached, in a place that was neither Heaven nor Hell. However, it does not state that explicitly.

A more likely interpretation is that those people were alive when they heard the Gospel preached-- the bad news that we are sinners before God and liable to judgement and the corresponding good news that Jesus Christ paid the price for our sins, if we will repnt and surrender to Him-- and that those people ignored the Gospel during their lifetime on Earth.

They are now held until their cases can be heard at the final judgment. Just as a man may be held on Earth in prison pending trial, and if convicted of a capital crime, he is sentenced for life (eternity, in our case.) He may be returned to the exact same cell, only now he knows there is no hope of ever being released.

As a Protestant myself, I do not believe in Purgatory, but I would like to encourage everybody to repent and be forgiven of whatever things they have done wrong while there is still time. It would be more accurate to say that Purgatory is on Earth; here and now-- not a place of whippings and torments, but a time to change ones' ways after being forgiven.

When a person seriously reflects on their own sins and the impossibility of satisfying a perfect God, the kindness and generosity of God's forgiveness, expressed through Jesus Christ, become evident. Most people respond with gratitude to God, which is the beginning of them being purged, if you will, of their old habits and ways of life. A willingness to change reflects a true repentance.

We obviously never reach perfection in this life, and I suspect that death itself is an important part of the purging process. But I do not think there is any other purgatory than here and now. So I do not expect to find myself in purgatory on judgement day, but rather in Heaven, because of God's mercy toward me.

I wish for you to be there as well, and hope that you will respond to God's amazing generosity.

20 NOV 06, 0134 hrs, GMT.