Guilty

I just finished a great little book, Guilty by Ann Coulter, it’s a political book, and it’s a conservative book, The whole basic idea of the book is how liberals twist the truth to fit there needs, how they play the victims, when in truth they are the problem.

I enjoyed the whole book, found it to be a nice easy and fun read, Ann has a way of stating thing in an off-handed ways, or if you like, she is a smart-ass, just my type of gal. So yah I chuckled my way thru the book and many times thought this would be a good blog, or that would be a good blog but this one point, at the very end of the book, this simple little statement sums it all up for me…

 

An extensive study conducted by professors at Smith College and George Washington University confirmed that most liberals exhibit a “narcissistic pathology” marked by “grandiosity, envy, a lack of empathy, illusion of personal perfection, and a sense of entitlement.” Liberals are twice as likely to value being popular as conservatives, whereas conservatives are more likely to value “making my parents proud”

WOW! Now that, to me, states it clear as can be…. Don’t believe me, just look around and see what group is always complaining about being picked on, liberals, what group always claims they don’t get a fair shake, liberals… and the list goes on…

Now, as with any given group, now everyone fits in to the generalities, but, well like the word states, generally most do.  Why are most Hollywood stars liberals, well now you know….

Like I said, I loved that book, I would recommend that everyone get it and read it…

Guilty "Liberal “victims” and their assault on America by Ann Coulter

 

Paul

The Challenge

Well I told you that I was working hard to launch the STATIC Program, and as you can see by the press release I posted, The STATIC Portal is launched. Now I would love to say I have had hundreds of churches sign up, but that would be a lie, and I would love to say that my email have been flooded with request for more information, but that would be a lie, but what I can say is, I have launched what I consider to be a very well thought out and produced faith formation program. One that truly challenges the youth to new levels of faith, not only the youth, but also the teacher. The STATIC Program is one program with many faces. It is, in a way, a traditional class room (well not really), but it is much, much more. The STATIC Program challenges all who participate to in the program, the youth, the teachers, ministers and parents, all are challenged to examine there faith. We ask them to open up there minds and hearts and to allow there souls the ability to breath, to take in the Holy Spirit. STATIC allows for this growth, encouraging  it and fostering it. Like no other program, STAITC truly challenges the participants to examine there faith to grow in there faith and to learn and discover there faith.

Now the question is, what do we do as adults to do the same? How do we challenge our faith, how do we grow in our faith? What action do we take, what steps to deepening our faith are we currently one?  We, as Catholics, are called to learn more, to deep out faith and to always be ready and able to defend out fait, can you? Are you ready to defend your faith? Are you studying more, reading more, attending more and being more? Are you fulfilling your calling to the faith?

I would say no, most of us are not, I know I could be doing more, we all could be. But as a youth I was never challenged to own my faith, my options and    questions were never of value to others with in the faith, I as a youth truly had no opinion. STATIC is trying to change that, we are challenging the concept of youth should be seen and not heard, and sadly in some churches they should not be seen nor heard. Sad as that may sound. But I was always one who questioned, I wanted to know more, I have always had a love for my faith and because of that love, I have always wanted to know more. So I developing this program, I have had to studied and learn more, to dig deeper in to the faith.

The youth are a vibrant part of our community, they give us life and add a layer of light heartedness, they are part of the body of Christ, they are the very children Christ himself called to him, remember Jesus tells us that we must be like children to enter in to the kingdom of God.

We read this passage and forget it as fast as we read it. It does not fit in to our world view of youth, it flows counter to our culture. But wasn’t that just like Jesus, to challenge us to be more, do more and live a fuller life in Him.  But ain’t that just like humans to pick and choose what part of the teachings of Jesus we want to follow, believe in and take deep in our hearts.

The youth of our parishes are the life line and the blood of our faith community. Yet we all to often choose to push them to the side, to ignore them. All to often the youth are seen as the clean up crew, but we at STATIC see them as much more. We see them as active, vibrant and essential to the faith life of our faith life. We view the youth as not the clean up crew but as part of the over all parish life.

So, even though I can not say that the STATIC site has been overwhelmed with hits, and churches are just clamoring to sigh up, but they are not, but I also know that they will, in time they will sigh up, when they decide that the youth are important to them, they will sign up, I know…

So this is the challenge I face, how do I show the Church the value of youth, and of the STATIC Program?

Paul

STATIC Solutions Portal is released

Press Release…

STATIC Solutions Portal is released

STATIC Solutions, LLC a leader in middle school faith formation just released it’s on line Portal server, giving unprecedented access to faith formation material to parish educators at unbelievable prices and quality. 

Westland, Michigan (PRWEB) 01, July, 2009 –

STATIC Solutions, LLC a leader in middle school faith formation just released it’s on line Portal server, giving unprecedented access to faith formation material to parishes, home schooled and youth ministers. The STATIC Portal is a web based solution for your parish educational needs, giving total control to you and your parish staff for a reasonable yearly fee.

With the STATIC Portal ™ you will be able to download and print the documents you need when you need them. With continual updates to the Portal, you will always find something new and interesting to use, to help supplement your educational programs, or to replace your existing program with the STATIC Youth ™ program.

The STATIC Youth ™ program is a three year Confirmation preparation program designed to engage the youth in the learning process. The STATIC Youth ™ program uses interactive educational models to draw the youth in to the learning process, and at the same time imparting valuable Catholic principles as they take their faith walk towards conformation.

STATIC Youth ™ is a designed as a 6^th through 8^th grade program, with an alternating theme of small group (class room) and large group (youth group) sessions. Each session, large or small group, is designed to actively involve the youth and leaders in the process of discovery.

The STATIC Program can also be used as supplemental material for parishes choosing the “whole community” educational model. With 12 different topics to choose from, ranging from Exodus to Christian Service, there is bound to be something that fits your parish needs.

The Home Schooling community will also find the STATIC Portal ™ a useful and relevant tool for their educational and faith needs. STATIC Solutions faith based material can easily be adapted for home schooling needs, or can be used for “group” sessions with other home schooling youth in your area.

The possibilities are endless for the parish, schools or home schooled. With the ability to mix and match to create your own unique program, or by following our tested and proven program, STATIC offers you the control you need and the strong Catholic education materials you desire.

STATIC Portal ™ is a yearly subscription site that allows reproduction rights to all its copy-written material for one year. We, at STATIC Solutions, pride ourselves on delivering relevant programming that is faithful to the teachings of the Catholic Church.

For more information on the STATIC Youth ™ program and the STATIC Portal ™ please visit www.staticplace.com

 

About STATIC Solutions, LLC:
STATIC Solutions, LLC. is a dynamic educational organization dedicated to forging lasting relationships between children, their families, and Christ.  The name stands for Students Taking Action Together in Christ, located in Westland, Michigan. STATIC Solutions has developed fun and interactive Catholic/Christian-based curriculum for young adults in sixth through eighth grade as well as those in youth groups and Sunday school programs.  STATIC Solutions combines activity-based games with high-impact educational lessons that inspire kids to take ownership of their faith.  STATIC Solutions will provide local and national church organizations with subscriptions to this unique and in-demand curriculum.

 

Contact:
Paul Sposite, owner
STATIC Solutions, LLC
734-748-3771
http://www.staticplace.com

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Redistribtion of wealth

The Obama platform, the one he ran on and the one he is implementing from his seat of power is one of redistribution; wealth is taken from one and given to others in the name of fairness, equality and compassion. The concept that many fell is a biblical one, that somehow being a Catholic we are called to a social justice that requires us to giveaway all we have worked for, to redistribute our wealth to make it equal.

President Obama did not create this concept, nor is he the first to try to implement it, but he is the first to gain such ground support for it, his first 50 days President Obama has done more to attach individual freedoms than any other president I have lived through, and I would venture to guess than any other president in history.

How did I go from wealth redistribution to personal freedom, easy, they are one in the same, The United States of America was founded on very simple principals one being the pursuit of happiness. Notice it is the pursuit not the guarantee of happiness.

We are afforded the opportunity, regardless of sex, race or any other discrimination, to pursue happiness, to make a life for ourselves and to live it in peace. We are not, nor should we be, guaranteed any of this.

The concept of equality is noble and one worth pursuing, but equality is not something that should be taken from one and given to others, but rather it is something that should be offered to all equally. In this great nation of ours we have come down a long road towards equality, we have just elected our first African American President, we are a nation that believes in equality and practices it. Now individuals may not, but that is there personal freedom to choose not to, we cannot and should not regulate equality, but rather we need to educate it.

We are a nation that gives more than any other in history, we are a people who acknowledge our mistakes and strive to correct them, and we celebrate our achievements and work to repeat them. We champion the cause of freedom around the world. Yet to some equality eludes them, they always seem to be on the edge of it, never truly embracing it, or it embracing them.

The question that comes from all this is Are we responsible, as a nation, to hand out equality, to take from the few to give to others? Is it biblical, do we have a Catholic responsibility to do so?  If I make a hundred thousand dollars per year, should I be forced by government redistribution policies to give part of my wealth to others? The simple answer, no, we are not required to redistribute wealth. We are called to care for our brothers and sisters in Christ, but we are not forced to. The government has not moral ground to stand on concerning wealth redistribution, the concept is, in my opinion, one designed to create class warfare and create a social elite who control the poor through government handouts. The idea of wealth redistribution also kills the charitable donations, with the redistribution of wealth many feel no need to donate to the needy, the government has done that for us, or attempts too.

We, as a community of the faithful, have a responsibility to care for the needs of others as this passage tells us:

Acts 4:32-35

The community of believers was of one heart and mind,
and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own,
but they had everything in common.
With great power the apostles bore witness
to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus,
and great favor was accorded them all.
There was no needy person among them,
for those who owned property or houses would sell them,
bring the proceeds of the sale,
and put them at the feet of the apostles,
and they were distributed to each according to need.

Notice the wording, according the needs of each; this does not indicate that the wealth was distributed equally, but rather to the needs of each. Our ability to pursue equality must be protected, each and every human must have equal access to happiness and we as Catholics have a responsibility and moral obligation to care for those among us, but it must be a choice, our act of love cannot be forced. Just as God allows us to love him or not, we must also have the choice of loving our neighbors or not, forced wealth redistribution is not a choice, and in some ways is an immoral act, we are removing from both the receiver and would be giver the freedom to choose.

President Obama’s platform is one of control not one of personal freedoms, we need to pray for him and all in government to not take our personal freedoms away.

May God continue to Bless America and protect her.

Paul Sposite

Redistribution of wealth

The Obama platform, the one he ran on and the one he is implementing from his seat of power is one of redistribution; wealth is taken from one and given to others in the name of fairness, equality and compassion. The concept that many fell is a biblical one, that somehow being a Catholic we are called to a social justice that requires us to giveaway all we have worked for, to redistribute our wealth to make it equal.

President Obama did not create this concept, nor is he the first to try to implement it, but he is the first to gain such ground support for it, his first 50 days President Obama has done more to attach individual freedoms than any other president I have lived through, and I would venture to guess than any other president in history.

How did I go from wealth redistribution to personal freedom, easy, they are one in the same, The United States of America was founded on very simple principals one being the pursuit of happiness. Notice it is the pursuit not the guarantee of happiness.

We are afforded the opportunity, regardless of sex, race or any other discrimination, to pursue happiness, to make a life for ourselves and to live it in peace. We are not, nor should we be, guaranteed any of this.

The concept of equality is noble and one worth pursuing, but equality is not something that should be taken from one and given to others, but rather it is something that should be offered to all equally. In this great nation of ours we have come down a long road towards equality, we have just elected our first African American President, we are a nation that believes in equality and practices it. Now individuals may not, but that is there personal freedom to choose not to, we cannot and should not regulate equality, but rather we need to educate it.

We are a nation that gives more than any other in history, we are a people who acknowledge our mistakes and strive to correct them, and we celebrate our achievements and work to repeat them. We champion the cause of freedom around the world. Yet to some equality eludes them, they always seem to be on the edge of it, never truly embracing it, or it embracing them.

The question that comes from all this is Are we responsible, as a nation, to hand out equality, to take from the few to give to others? Is it biblical, do we have a Catholic responsibility to do so?  If I make a hundred thousand dollars per year, should I be forced by government redistribution policies to give part of my wealth to others? The simple answer, no, we are not required to redistribute wealth. We are called to care for our brothers and sisters in Christ, but we are not forced to. The government has not moral ground to stand on concerning wealth redistribution, the concept is, in my opinion, one designed to create class warfare and create a social elite who control the poor through government handouts. The idea of wealth redistribution also kills the charitable donations, with the redistribution of wealth many feel no need to donate to the needy, the government has done that for us, or attempts too.

We, as a community of the faithful, have a responsibility to care for the needs of others as this passage tells us:

Acts 4:32-35

The community of believers was of one heart and mind,
and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own,
but they had everything in common.
With great power the apostles bore witness
to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus,
and great favor was accorded them all.
There was no needy person among them,
for those who owned property or houses would sell them,
bring the proceeds of the sale,
and put them at the feet of the apostles,
and they were distributed to each according to need.

Notice the wording, according the needs of each; this does not indicate that the wealth was distributed equally, but rather to the needs of each. Our ability to pursue equality must be protected, each and every human must have equal access to happiness and we as Catholics have a responsibility and moral obligation to care for those among us, but it must be a choice, our act of love cannot be forced. Just as God allows us to love him or not, we must also have the choice of loving our neighbors or not, forced wealth redistribution is not a choice, and in some ways is an immoral act, we are removing from both the receiver and would be giver the freedom to choose.

President Obama’s platform is one of control not one of personal freedoms, we need to pray for him and all in government to not take our personal freedoms away.

May God continue to Bless America and protect her.

Take the Poll

Paul

Fair is Fair

On my way in to work I was listening to the local talk radio station, WJR 760. Paul W. Smith was interviewing the UAW President Ron Gettelfinger. Now let me start off by stating that I have a anti union stance, and living in Michigan that does not make me a very popular person, but I hold to my beliefs. Back to the interview, Paul W asked Ron to make a comment about what American Axel had to say concerning the workers, UAW and moving to Mexico. American Axel made a statement that the reason they were moving plants to Mexico was not because of the Union, but rather because the American employees they hire have a above average rate of absenteeism compared to the Mexican workers. I was not due to lower labor cost, because that really is not the case anymore, but to the dedication of the workers.Mr. Gettelfinger had an opportunity here to stand up for the union and state that yes we have an issue with some of our members, and yes it is something we need to work on. But instead he chose to respond with, oh, you mean Mexican Axel, and I got to go….

My frustration stems from not what the union represents, or should I say use to represent, fair pay for fair work, but from what it now represents, an entitlement attitude. It is the is prevailing idea that just because I show up I deserve, and based on Mr. Gettelfinger comments on the Paul W show you don’t even need to show up. Ron went on to say that it was only because of the greedy corporations that they were moving to Mexico. It seems kind of funny coming from the Union, who only watch out for their own, and have no great care for the community around them. They have created a state that is over paid for unskilled labor, an environment that is not business friendly and one that many corporations do not want to move in to. They force membership on all workers, yet claim to be for the worker. Now please understand me, I know many good and hard working Union members and I know many good and hardworking non union members, I also know that there are good and bad companies. My issue is the mentality that we are owed anything, whether it be work, health insurance or a place to live This idea of being entitled to a job or owning a home or anything else is silly.

 The founding fathers never stated we were owed any of this, what they did state was that we all had equal opportunity to achieve happiness. Happiness is not entitlement; happiness is not government hand outs or union protection. What we are guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States of America is the pursuit of Happiness and that we are all created equal, there for we have equal access to the pursuit. 

I have no problem with leveling the playing field, like I stated above, I agree with what the unions use to stand for, I have no problem with equal pay for equal work, or a fair pay for fair work. I do not think anyone should be given a disadvantage based on color or sex or creed, I believe that we all should have the same opportunities offered, no special preference for this group or that group.

But this is not the way of the land; it has become a nation of special interest groups, each striving for that extra leg up, that advantage over the other groups. Each claiming they are deserving of special treatment.  If we continue down this path we will end up with a nation divided, a nation of groups each with their own set of laws and concerns and needs. And each believing that they are entitled to whatever they want.

Don’t believe me; just look around everyone is looking to the government to gain a group status, protection under the anti-discrimination laws. Your sexual orientation may soon be protected as a class. Think about this for a second, I as a non-gay member of society will have less protection under the law than a gay member of society. How is this a level playing field? How does this bring us together, create unity or fit into our constitution? Please understand that I agree that no one should be persecuted based on their sexual preferences, but I also think that no one should be give more rights than the other based on their preferences.

Fair is fair, equal is equal, we have laws that protect all groups from discrimination, use existing laws to enforce equality, do not create protected groups, do not segregate the population, segregation is a form of inequality.  

Ron Gettelfinger  had an opportunity to stand up for the union, to stand up for his workers, to show Americans and the world that the union is truly concerned about fairness, that the unions are not self serving organizations that really do not care about equality, but rather only about themselves. The American public needs to stop and take a hard look at the direction we are headed, they need to ask themselves if they really want a country that is segregating and grouping peoples in to nice neat little boxes, to help control them and those around them. Soon we will all be labeled by some special interest group, soon we will all be better that those other groups, more deserving than them, fighting for what is owed us, regardless of what we have earned.

Paul

Update and ME Time

I haven’t posted much as of late, it’s been kind of crazy for me, with TONS of stuff to do prior to July 1, but soon, very soon it should calm down for me. Launching a new company and product is very time consuming, but well worth it (I hope!). Setting up the web sites (www.staticplace.com) creating the marketing campaign and designing all the necessary documents, they all take time and effort. And with working a fulltime 9 to 5 type job, I don’t always have time to blog, nor time to do much of anything else.

But I always find “me” time, I always find time to relax and unwind. Yesterday was such a day for me, after work I went home and didn’t take my laptop out all night, I read, watched a little TV and didn’t even think about all the work I still have to do… But today, well most likely a little bit like yesterday. I am to the point were my mind needs to stop thinking about all that I have to do, and I need to rest it up, just a day or 2 and than back to the grind.

I still need to create samples of the program, and finish the websites and place ads in papers and find a sales person or 2 and and and… The list seems to keep adding to itself, seems like every time I think I am done, a new action item is added to the list, but that’s OK, because I know that in the long run it will all be worth the effort. So for today and the next few days I will work work work….

So I just wanted to catch you up a bit on what is going on with me, until next time, make sure you always have a little “ME” time in your week, it’s important to your health, both mentally and physically. I have written on that before, and maybe I will write a little more about it next time…

Paul

Can God Sin?

Question for you:

Can God Sin?

Seems like a silly question, and in away it is, but it is a question that a friend and I were talking about a week or so ago, and it hasn’t left me so I thought I would talk about it here. Once again the question is “Can God sin?”. Think about it, God is the creator of everything, He created the heavens and the earth, all living things and the space between them. He created out of himself all that we see and feel. But can God sin?

At the outset I think most of us would say yes, God can sin, but chooses not to. This may be true, but I would think not.  Well wait, first lets look at what sin is. Sin in offending God, Can God offend himself? Can God of love a God of creation truly sin? Can God create something he is not? God is not hate so can God create hate? God is not selfish nor is he a murderer so can God create such creatures?  

Some would say yes, just look around, others would say no that God did not create the evil but he does allow it, out of our own free will we have created it, Others would argue that the simple fact that God did allow us to create it, and the simple fact that we are created in his image, thus God created the evil, albeit not directly but indirectly by creating the human, and allowing that human to fail. Yet others would say god can do as God wishes. All are valid arguments in one way or another, but I think all fail to truly understand God. I do not presume to think that I understand God, I have a hard enough time understanding the teen that lives in my house and as complex a creation a teen is, it does not even begin to compare to the complexity that is God.

I would think that if we took all the concepts and responses listed here and the ones in your own mind, mixed them up a bit and allowed lots of time for prayer, we may get a tad bit closer to an answer, but I doubt if we will ever know… What think you?

Paul

Someone to look too

Blessed Edward Poppe is a contemporary saint. He died at the young age of 33. He was one of 11 children born to a modest, pious family in Belgium. One of his brothers had become a priest, and five of his sisters became nuns. He felt a call to the priesthood at a young age, but he only entered the seminary on his mother’s insistence. His father had died when he was 16 years old and Edward thought he should take on the family business.

He was drafted to the military in 1910 and served as a battlefield nurse during World War I. His prayers to St. Joseph during that time led to the miraculous freeing of several prisoners of war.

He was finally ordained in 1916 at the age of 25 and served as associate pastor, focusing his ministry to the poor, children and the dying. He also taught catechism and founded Eucharistic associations.

Always a man with a weak constitution, he was transferred to rural Belgium. In 1919, he suffered a heart attack. During his convalescence, he spent most of his time studying, praying and producing thousands of writings against Marxism and secularization.

He also developed a devotion to St. Therese of Lisieux and adopted her spirituality. He had another heart attack in January 1924, and died of a stroke only six months later. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1999.

 

Just goes to show you, you don’t have to live to be very old to make a difference….

Paul

Defending the Faith…Purgatory

Purgatory

The Catholic faith teaches that when we die we will either spend entirety in Heaven or Hell, if we are to spend it in Heaven we must first cleanse ourselves to make our souls pure, for nothing impure will enter in to heaven. The teaching of Purgatory is not just a made up Catholic “thing” but rather it is from the scripture that we get this teaching. Scripture teaches us that we must atone for our sins, the we must be made pure to enter in to the Kingdom of God.

The passage below illustrated that even in the Old Testament they had an understanding of Purgatory, the need to cleanse the souls of the dead.

2 Macc 12:44-46

In doing this he acted in a very excellent and noble way, inasmuch as he had the resurrection of the dead in view; for if he were not expecting the fallen to rise again, it would have been useless and foolish to pray for them in death.

But if he did this with a view to the splendid reward that awaits those who had gone to rest in godliness, it was a holy and pious thought.

Thus he made atonement for the dead that they might be freed from this sin.

The Word

Purgatory (Lat., "purgare", to make clean, to purify) in accordance with Catholic teaching is a place or condition of temporal punishment for those who, departing this life in God’s grace, are, not entirely free from venial faults, or have not fully paid the satisfaction due to their transgressions. (Catholic Encyclopedia www.newadvent.org)

Jesus forgave

The idea that we must continue to pay for our sins even after we have been forgiven is not one that is talked about a lot, but that does not mean it is not part of four faith. Yes it is true that Jesus, through his death and resurrection has died for and forgiven our sins. But we must still confess our sins, we must still ask for His forgiveness. The grace of God is freely offered, but we must still make the effort to accept the graces offered. So the fact that Jesus died for our sins does not negate the fact that we must still ask for and seek His forgiveness.

Paying twice

If we have already asked for and received forgiveness, than why would God allow us or ask us to pay again, once we are dead. Some would say that is like paying twice for the same sin. But in truth it is not, the simple matter of the fact is, we can do nothing here on earth that will ever come close to paying back for our sins, we are at God’s mercy when it comes to forgiveness. God in his ultimate wisdom offers us the opportunity to seek his forgiveness and to receive it, but God is also a fair and just God, one who believes in atonement, the paying back of sin. The concept of paying for our sins is biblical in nature. (2 Sam 12:13-14)

The pay back

That temporal punishment is due to sin, even after the sin itself has been pardoned by God, is clearly the teaching of Scripture. God indeed brought man out of his first disobedience and gave him power to govern all things (Wisdom 10:2), but still condemned him "to eat his bread in the sweat of his brow" until he returned unto dust. God forgave the incredulity of Moses and Aaron, but in punishment kept them from the "land of promise" (Numbers 20:12). The Lord took away the sin of David, but the life of the child was forfeited because David had made God’s enemies blaspheme His Holy Name (2 Samuel 12:13-14). In the New Testament as well as in the Old, almsgiving and fasting, and in general penitential acts are the real fruits of repentance (Matthew 3:8; Luke 17:3; 3:3). The whole penitential system of the Church testifies that the voluntary assumption of penitential works has always been part of true repentance and the Council of Trent (Sess. XIV, can. xi) reminds the faithful that God does not always remit the whole punishment due to sin together with the guilt. God requires satisfaction, and will punish sin, and this doctrine involves as its necessary consequence a belief that the sinner failing to do penance in this life may be punished in another world, and so not be cast off eternally from God. (Catholic Encyclopedia www.newadvent.org)

It’s not fair

The idea that it’s not fair for God to ask us to pay for our sins once we have already been forgiven is a fairly new idea. It was not until Martian Luther broke away from the Church that this idea of Jesus did all the work for us, all we have to do is believe came to be. The Catholic Church has always believed that our souls must go through a cleansing process to enter in to the Kingdom of God. God’s idea of fair and our idea of fair are two different things. Who are we to place our concepts of payback on to God?

It just is

Purgatory makes sense if we are to believe the authors of the Old and New Testament and the teachings of God. Indeed, the necessity of the purging is taught in other passages of Scripture, such as 2 Thessalonians 2:13, which declares that God chose us "to be saved through sanctification by the Spirit." Sanctification is thus not an option, something that may or may not happen before one gets into heaven. It is an absolute requirement, as Hebrews 12:14 states that we must strive "for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord."

References

Bible Passages

Rev. 21:27 …nothing unclean shall enter Heaven.

2 Sam 12:13-14 …David, though forgiven, still punished for his sins.

2 Macc 12:44-46 …atoned for the dead to free them from their sins.

1 Pt 3:19 …in which he went and preached to the spirits in prison…

2 Maccabees 12:43-46 …would have seemed superfluous and vain to pray for the dead

Matthew 12:32 …neither in this world, nor in the world to come

1 Corinthians 3:11-15 …because it shall be revealed in fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work

Paul