Offshoot discussion of "what religion are you" thread

[Arien the Maia]

Originally posted by Lief Erikson
Meanwhile, there is also debate among Christians as to whether or not death is the end of all chance to come to know Christ. Catholics don't believe so, as they believe in Purgatory. I think most Evangelicals believe that our choices in this life determine absolutely our future eternally. There isn't any Biblical evidence either way, that I know of, which tells us absolutely what happens to people.

Cathollics too believe that our choices here dtermine absolutely where you go when you die. Those people in Purgatory are on their way to Heaven. Once the world ends and Jesus comes back, then Purgatory wil cease to exist. it is a temporary place. I suppose the whole belief in Purgatory is rooted in the Scrpitural saying that "all sin is bad but not all sin causes death". Meaning there are degrees of sin.