The Charismatic Renewal "Purgatory" and the Pastor Howard Pittman testimony?

PatrickTate said:

In August of 1979 Pastor Howard Pittman has one of those near death experiences and he testifies that he was told that he was doing his good works in service to the false god of SELF!

Howard Pittman is shown that as of 1979 only about two and a half percent of people could go directly into heaven.

I believe that the Howard Pittman testimony is evidence that the Roman Catholic and Charismatic Catholic idea of "Purgatory" should NOT be laughed at by Protestants.

Please keep in mind that I was brought up out of Atheism by Pastor General Herbert W. Armstrong and his son Evangelist Garner Ted Armstrong and my mentors were some of the most vehement opponents of any idea remotely like this but I feel a responsibility to at minimum try my best to try to explain what I believe the Holy Spirit has been showing me since 1990.

Howard Pittman's Near Death Experience​

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PatrickTate said:

Howard Pittman is shown that as of 1979 only about two and a half percent of people could go directly into heaven.

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BelieveItOarKnot said:

That statement right there should show most that the guy is whackO. Similar to those who are date predictors.

The world is full of voices, and even fuller of deceptions of various sorts.

You have to filter out these stories. I'm sure there are a few things about Mr. Pittman that are OK. I have friends who have listened to him.

But at some point you have to realize that people who make their living preaching tend to get a little overly zealous when it comes to filling their personal coffer's coupled with highly emotional or sensationalized stories.

Christ being raised from the dead is all the sensationalism I need.

IF you listen to anyone and come away saying "I was right," you're probably not. A more basic lesson about life in general is that everyone is technically WRONG. Best lesson I ever got, and still get

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