Is Purgatory Real?

<p>It’s hard to find a topic more controversial to Protestants than this notion that between heaven and hell there lies this third thing called Purgatory.&nbsp;I mean, seriously, if one’s sins are forgiven by the blood of Christ, why create a hellish experience for believers?&nbsp;To what end?&nbsp;And if we look at the medieval literary and artistic record, the portrayal of purgatory is something right out of the worst of the medieval torture dungeons.&nbsp;So, how does this make any sense?</p>