I had to wiki up "purgatory" to find out what it really meant. :)
From wikipedia: "The term purgatory is generally defined as "the means by which the elect reach perfection before entering into the Kingdom of Heaven"."
Because this definition implies that Purgatory is a temporary place where one can work off their debt to God, I don't think it has an analogue in Mormon theology. What I referred to as "middle-heaven" (or "the terrestrial kingdom", in LDS parlance) doesn't have an out-door... once you get assigned a place, that's your eternal residence. The "waiting room" is called "the Spirit World", and it's where everybody goes to hang out before getting sorted into their place. So regardless of how someone spent their life, they go to the Spirit World... either to preach or get preached to, depending.
I really appreciate that you (zandperl) can like parts of religions without subscribing to them personally. That is such a foreign concept to so many people!!
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Date: 2006-04-01 10:08 am (UTC)From wikipedia:
"The term purgatory is generally defined as "the means by which the elect reach perfection before entering into the Kingdom of Heaven"."
Because this definition implies that Purgatory is a temporary place where one can work off their debt to God, I don't think it has an analogue in Mormon theology. What I referred to as "middle-heaven" (or "the terrestrial kingdom", in LDS parlance) doesn't have an out-door... once you get assigned a place, that's your eternal residence. The "waiting room" is called "the Spirit World", and it's where everybody goes to hang out before getting sorted into their place. So regardless of how someone spent their life, they go to the Spirit World... either to preach or get preached to, depending.
I really appreciate that you (zandperl) can like parts of religions without subscribing to them personally. That is such a foreign concept to so many people!!