Where'd people get the idea that Purgatory is some kind of second chance?

Answer 1

It's not a second chance. It does exsist. It is for those that were not completely absolved of sins before their death; meaning not ready yet. I just won't go any farther than that with this answer as the catholic relighion has already been made jest of here and it's pointless to explain in detail what is fact and believed by many catholics throughout the world..."NOT" for money purposes at all.........

Answer 2

The Bible is pretty vague when it describes the afterlife. Most of what we believe in comes from secular sources.

As a result, many denominations have differing views about life after death. Purgatory and Limbo, Circles of Hell, St. Peter at the Pearly gates, all depend heavily on secular sources.

The belief in Purgatory is often assumed to be a "second chance" for salvation, but it can also reflect a Christian's required cleansing of particularly nasty sins before he can enjoy his salvation.

Purgatory is the alternative to believing that you can rape and murder and steal all you want and still go to Heaven, as long as you have accepted Christ.

Answer 3

Dark Ages. The dead were put into a place called purgatory so that the Catholic church could collect money from the people and promise them a place in heaven depending on how much you gave.

GOD bless

Answer 4

Hey, it was a great money maker.
The sale of 'indulgences' by the Catholic Church to buy people out of purgatory was a great way to raise money for the buildiing of cathedrals. (BTW? It is also the reason that Martin Luther, took a stand against the apostasy of the Catholic Church and nailed his 95 theses to the Castle Church door in Wittenberg, Germany, October 31, 1517.)

Also try 'purgatory history' at wikipedia;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purgatory

Answer 5

They take the Bible out contents to serve their own purpose. Every catholic so far that has tried to use the Bible to prove there is such a thing don't have a clue what they are quoting.

Base on what some of them say, if you pray for a person that doesn't believe God exist long enough, even they will make it to heaven anyway.

When you think about it, it's really a sad because these people really think they are going to heaven when they're not. The vatican plays everyone for a fool.

Answer 6

It's a way for the Catholic church to drain the family of the deceased for all they have, telling them they can pray them out of purgatory and into heaven. No such thing!

Answer 7

Catholics don't like the idea that all sinners go to hell, just like Jesus said, and if they aren't living the way God told them to, they know in their heart of hearts that they are sinners, and since they don't like the idea of hell, they invented a non-biblical place to go between earth and heaven.

They wouldn't need a "purgatory" if they would just get saved in the first place.

Answer 8

We have faith it would not exist. it is not reported in the Scriptures everywhere and undermines the doctrine that Christ's dying on the bypass thoroughly forgave each and every of the sins of the believers, no longer something extra desires to be achieved. there is in simple terms Heaven and Hell. Rom 6:10 For in that He died, He died to sin as quickly as for all; yet in that He lives, He lives to God. Heb 7:27 who has no choose, as do the severe clergymen, to grant sacrifices every day, first for His very own sins, then for those of the folk. For He did this as quickly as for all, offering up Himself. Heb 9:12 nor in the process the blood of goats and of calves, yet via His very own blood, He entered as quickly as for all into the Holy of Holies, having procured eternal redemption. Heb 10:9 then He stated, "Lo, I come to do Your will, O God." he's removing the 1st in order that He could set up the 2nd; Heb 10:10 by which do we are sanctified in the process the offering of the physique of Jesus Christ as quickly as for all. Heb 10:11 And certainly each and every priest stands every day ministering, and often offering the comparable sacrifices, that could never get rid of sins. Heb 10:12 yet He, offering yet one sacrifice for sins, "sat down" in perpetuity "on the splendid hand" of God,

Answer 9

It's not. Here is a somewhat lengthy story that Jesus taught about this very subject.

Luke 16:19-31

19 "There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.
20 At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores
21 and longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 "The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.
23 In hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.
24 So he called to him, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.'
25 "But Abraham replied, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.
26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.'
27 "He answered, 'Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's house,
28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.'
29 "Abraham replied, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.'
30 "'No, father Abraham,' he said, 'but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'
31 "He said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.' "

Answer 10

It's Catholic dogma. Some other denominations believe it, too. C.S. Lewis likened it to taking a bath before coming into the house - a chance to wash the stench of sin away before entering Heaven. I don't really have a position on it, personally, as I don't see that it really matters one way or the other.