How would you know?

[spockrates]

Why should those who don't see that they are wrong to not believe be culpable for their ignorance? (I'm speaking from my own Christian perspective, of course.)

Yeah, and I ask the same from an atheist perspective. Although, I wouldn't refer to it as ignorance on my part, quite the opposite. But still, essentially the question is the same.


As for the rest...

Yes, but many Protestants would disagree with you.

I honestly couldn't give a flying fuck.

I really am not going down this road. For me, it's a pointless endeavour.

Seen as I don't take the bible as divinely inspired scripture like you do, these theological discussions don't really prove anything to me anyway. All they are to me, are an exercise of interpretation.

So what if protestants want to justify their crazy superstitions with their interpretations. I'm not going to get caught up arguing with it, it's already fucking crazy from my point of view for reasons stated above. So why do I actually care if they disagree with me? I disagree with them on an even deeper basis, that their book is fiction from the start.

Now obviously, I asked you for some verses which supposedly support the idea of purgatory (a concept which would relate to the OP). You've gave me them. I've told you I don't see how they justify the concept. That's really all I have to say.

I made the OP to see if christians could give any other scenarios, or justify the actions their god would take, and from the looks of it, the amount of mental gymnastics that has to be done in order to, just further makes up my mind that it's all total garbage anyway.

Not a problem. You asked, so I answered. Not trying to change your mind, or anything. Just giving my opinion. And please don't get me wrong. I'm no great competitor in the Religion Olympics. I'd never get even a bronze metal for my mental gymnastics!