Purgatory
In Roman Catholicism, Purgatory is a temporary intermediate state after physical death for purifying or purging a soul.
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Quotes
[edit]- The biblical evidence for the existence of purgatory is, shall we say, ‘creative’, again employing the common theological trick of vague, hand-waving analogy.
- Richard Dawkins, The Intellectual and Moral Courage of Atheism (Originally from 2007; quote is from the slightly revised 2019 version on the website)
- The section of the purgatory entry called ‘Proofs’ is interesting because it purports to use a form of logic. Here’s how the argument goes. If the dead went straight to heaven, there’d be no point in our praying for their souls. And we do pray for their souls, don’t we? Therefore it must follow that they don’t go straight to heaven. Therefore there must be purgatory. QED. Are professors of theology really paid to do this kind of thing?
- Richard Dawkins, The Intellectual and Moral Courage of Atheism, referring to the article on Purgatory in the Catholic Encyclopedia (Originally from 2007; quote is from the slightly revised 2019 version on the website)
