Monday, December 3, 2012

MYTH #8A


PURGATORY-SOME PEOPLE THINK IT'S OK TO PRAY FOR A PERSON WHEN THEY DIE.  THE IDEA IS THEY ASK GOD TO FORGIVE THE DEAD PERSONS' SINS.  THIS IS GENERALLY PRACTICED IN CERTAINS FAITHS WHEN SOMEONE DIES IN AN ACCIDENT, AND  HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO PREPARE TO DIE.  IE.  LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, DYING PERSONS CONFESSIONS, LAST MINUTE PRAYER...  SOME FAITHS THINK THESE TYPES OF PEOPLE WILL GO TO A MIDDLE LAND, NOT HEAVEN OR EARTH.  THE UNPREPARED PEOPLE, ACCORDING TO THEIR FAITH, WILL GO TO PURGATORY.  PRAYERS OF THE SURVIVING FRIENDS AND RELATIVES, ASK GOD TO FORGIVE THE DECEASED PERSONS' SINS AND ALLOW THEM TO ENTER HEAVEN IN THE RAPTURE.  THESE TYPES OF FAITH THINK THAT SOME OF THE DEAD IN PURGATORY WILL ROAM THE EARTH AS A GHOST.  NOT TRUE! 

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