<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>We see that the suffering endured is not some vengence from God, as Jason appears to imply in his carefully selected words.<p><hr></blockquote><p><br><br>Scott, <br><br>Are you suggesting that through time in purgatory man does not satisfy the just requirements of God? <br><br>If Jason is correct that purgatory is the place where God's wrath against sin is propitiated then it would seem to follow that Jason's choice of words (e.g. God "inflicts" punishment) is most appropriate. <br><br>You seem to suggest that purgatory is a place of loving chastisement; however if satisfaction for sin is the result of such punishment then the wrath of God must be unmixed and void of love. After all did not God inflict pure wrath upon is Son? Don't get me wrong God loved his Son as He hung upon the tree becoming "sin for us" (his elect), however, the Son was forsaken while enduring the wrath of the Almighty. In the like manner if purgatory accomplishes what it is alleged to then those who enter into this state of purging will too experience the "infliction" of God's anger will they not? <br><br>Ron <br><br>