I'm a psychology expert in Finland, the No. 1 happiest country in the world—here are 3 things we never do

[whitehall]

The U.S. supports more illegals in a month than the entire population of Finland about 5.2 million. Finland is a happy country because everyone is freaking drunk.

 

[jwoodie]

Did you read the article clown?

Was there a clown in the article, or are you just projecting?

 

[Curried Goats]

Was there a clown in the article, or are you just projecting?

There was clown of an Op. Let me guess you didn't read it either.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Was there a clown in the article, or are you just projecting?

He's just an ass. One that begs to be ignored.

 

[Curried Goats]

He's just an ass. One that begs to be ignored.

Keep talking about me rather than your failure of a thread.... wonder why?

 

[whitehall]

Google up GDP. While you are at it you can find that alcohol abuse is a number one problem for the tiny nation of 5 million Finns.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Sure it does ...

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And, when the shows is over, they all head back to their segregated neighborhoods.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Diversity is democrat for segregation.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

The GDP of Cuba is higher than Finland.

That's hard to believe, where did you find that stat?

 

[whitehall]

That's hard to believe, where did you find that stat?

Google GDP.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

It used to work, when our 'diversity' overwhelmingly consisted of the various European cultures, with the emphasis on one language that united us.
Today, is a completely different matter. We've become more 'tribal' and fewer and fewer people see America as that "shining city on the hill", as Reagan put it.
Today, more and more people here view America as nothing more than the country that was founded on slavery and genocide, and their mission is to change it, rather than immerse themselves in it.
I agree with past remarks by German Chancellor Merkel, when she famously said "the so-called "multikulti" concept - where people would "live side-by-side" happily - did not work, and immigrants needed to do more to integrate - including learning German."
She added: "We kidded ourselves a while, we said: 'They won't stay, sometime they will be gone', but this isn't reality."
"And of course, the approach [to build] a multicultural [society] and to live side-by-side and to enjoy each other... has failed, utterly failed."

Okay, Boomer

 

[basquebromance]

i want it all, i want it now, that's the only way i'm happy

 

[basquebromance]

 

[basquebromance]

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Google GDP.

Okay, here's what I found, and Cuba is higher than I would have thought.

GDP by Country​

Latest official GDP figures published by the World Bank. Population figures based on United Nations data.
World's GDP is $80,934,771,028,340 (nominal, 2017).

See also: GDP per Capita

Search:

#	Country	GDP (nominal, 2017)	GDP (abbrev.)	GDP growth	Population (2017)	GDP per capita	Share of World GDP
1	United States	$19,485,394,000,000	$19.485 trillion	2.27%	325,084,756	$59,939	24.08%
2	China	$12,237,700,479,375	$12.238 trillion	6.90%	1,421,021,791	$8,612	15.12%
3	Japan	$4,872,415,104,315	$4.872 trillion	1.71%	127,502,725	$38,214	6.02%
4	Germany	$3,693,204,332,230	$3.693 trillion	2.22%	82,658,409	$44,680	4.56%
5	India	$2,650,725,335,364	$2.651 trillion	6.68%	1,338,676,785	$1,980	3.28%
6	United Kingdom	$2,637,866,340,434	$2.638 trillion	1.79%	66,727,461	$39,532	3.26%
7	France	$2,582,501,307,216	$2.583 trillion	1.82%	64,842,509	$39,827	3.19%
8	Brazil	$2,053,594,877,013	$2.054 trillion	0.98%	207,833,823	$9,881	2.54%
9	Italy	$1,943,835,376,342	$1.944 trillion	1.50%	60,673,701	$32,038	2.40%
10	Canada	$1,647,120,175,449	$1.647 trillion	3.05%	36,732,095	$44,841	2.04%
11	Russia	$1,578,417,211,937	$1.578 trillion	1.55%	145,530,082	$10,846	1.95%
12	South Korea	$1,530,750,923,149	$1.531 trillion	3.06%	51,096,415	$29,958	1.89%
13	Australia	$1,323,421,072,479	$1.323 trillion	1.96%	24,584,620	$53,831	1.64%
14	Spain	$1,314,314,164,402	$1.314 trillion	3.05%	46,647,428	$28,175	1.62%
15	Mexico	$1,150,887,823,404	$1.151 trillion	2.04%	124,777,324	$9,224	1.42%
16	Indonesia	$1,015,420,587,285	$1.015 trillion	5.07%	264,650,963	$3,837	1.25%
17	Turkey	$851,549,299,635	$852 billion	7.44%	81,116,450	$10,498	1.05%
18	Netherlands	$830,572,618,850	$831 billion	3.16%	17,021,347	$48,796	1.03%
19	Saudi Arabia	$686,738,400,000	$687 billion	-0.86%	33,101,179	$20,747	0.85%
20	Switzerland	$678,965,423,322	$679 billion	1.09%	8,455,804	$80,296	0.84%
21	Argentina	$637,430,331,479	$637 billion	2.85%	43,937,140	$14,508	0.79%
22	Sweden	$535,607,385,506	$536 billion	2.29%	9,904,896	$54,075	0.66%
23	Poland	$526,465,839,003	$526 billion	4.81%	37,953,180	$13,871	0.65%
24	Belgium	$494,763,551,891	$495 billion	1.73%	11,419,748	$43,325	0.61%
25	Thailand	$455,302,682,986	$455 billion	3.91%	69,209,810	$6,579	0.56%
26	Iran	$454,012,768,724	$454 billion	3.76%	80,673,883	$5,628	0.56%
27	Austria	$416,835,975,862	$417 billion	3.04%	8,819,901	$47,261	0.52%
28	Norway	$399,488,897,844	$399 billion	1.92%	5,296,326	$75,428	0.49%
29	United Arab Emirates	$382,575,085,092	$383 billion	0.79%	9,487,203	$40,325	0.47%
30	Nigeria	$375,745,486,521	$376 billion	0.81%	190,873,244	$1,969	0.46%
31	Israel	$353,268,411,919	$353 billion	3.33%	8,243,848	$42,852	0.44%
32	South Africa	$348,871,647,960	$349 billion	1.32%	57,009,756	$6,120	0.43%
33	Hong Kong	$341,449,340,451	$341 billion	3.79%	7,306,322	$46,733	0.42%
34	Ireland	$331,430,014,003	$331 billion	7.80%	4,753,279	$69,727	0.41%
35	Denmark	$329,865,537,183	$330 billion	2.24%	5,732,274	$57,545	0.41%
36	Singapore	$323,907,234,412	$324 billion	3.62%	5,708,041	$56,746	0.40%
37	Malaysia	$314,710,259,511	$315 billion	5.90%	31,104,646	$10,118	0.39%
38	Colombia	$314,457,601,860	$314 billion	1.79%	48,909,839	$6,429	0.39%
39	Philippines	$313,595,208,737	$314 billion	6.68%	105,172,925	$2,982	0.39%
40	Pakistan	$304,951,818,494	$305 billion	5.70%	207,906,209	$1,467	0.38%
41	Chile	$277,075,944,402	$277 billion	1.49%	18,470,439	$15,001	0.34%
42	Finland	$252,301,837,573	$252 billion	2.63%	5,511,371	$45,778	0.31%
43	Bangladesh	$249,723,862,487	$250 billion	7.28%	159,685,424	$1,564	0.31%
44	Egypt	$235,369,129,338	$235 billion	4.18%	96,442,591	$2,441	0.29%
45	Vietnam	$223,779,865,815	$224 billion	6.81%	94,600,648	$2,366	0.28%
46	Portugal	$219,308,128,887	$219 billion	2.68%	10,288,527	$21,316	0.27%
47	Czech Republic (Czechia)	$215,913,545,038	$216 billion	4.29%	10,641,034	$20,291	0.27%
48	Romania	$211,883,923,504	$212 billion	7.26%	19,653,969	$10,781	0.26%
49	Peru	$211,389,272,242	$211 billion	2.53%	31,444,298	$6,723	0.26%
50	New Zealand	$204,139,049,909	$204 billion	3.03%	4,702,034	$43,415	0.25%
51	Greece	$203,085,551,429	$203 billion	1.35%	10,569,450	$19,214	0.25%
52	Iraq	$192,060,810,811	$192 billion	-2.07%	37,552,781	$5,114	0.24%
53	Algeria	$167,555,280,113	$168 billion	1.60%	41,389,189	$4,048	0.21%
54	Qatar	$166,928,571,429	$167 billion	1.58%	2,724,728	$61,264	0.21%
55	Kazakhstan	$162,886,867,832	$163 billion	4.10%	18,080,019	$9,009	0.20%
56	Hungary	$139,761,138,103	$140 billion	3.99%	9,729,823	$14,364	0.17%
57	Angola	$122,123,822,334	$122 billion	-0.15%	29,816,766	$4,096	0.15%
58	Kuwait	$120,126,277,613	$120 billion	-2.87%	4,056,099	$29,616	0.15%
59	Sudan	$117,487,857,143	$117 billion	4.28%	40,813,397	$2,879	0.15%
60	Ukraine	$112,154,185,121	$112 billion	2.52%	44,487,709	$2,521	0.14%
61	Morocco	$109,708,728,849	$110 billion	4.09%	35,581,255	$3,083	0.14%
62	Ecuador	$104,295,862,000	$104 billion	2.37%	16,785,361	$6,214	0.13%
63	Cuba	$96,851,000,000	$96.85 billion	1.78%	11,339,254	$8,541	0.12%
64	Slovakia	$95,617,670,260	$95.62 billion	3.40%	5,447,900	$17,551	0.12%
65	Sri Lanka	$87,357,205,923	$87.36 billion	3.31%	21,128,032	$4,135	0.11%
66	Ethiopia	$80,561,496,134	$80.56 billion	10.25%	106,399,924	$757	0.10%
67	Kenya	$79,263,075,749	$79.26 billion	4.87%	50,221,142	$1,578	0.10%
68	Dominican Republic	$75,931,656,815	$75.93 billion	4.55%	10,513,104	$7,223	0.09%
69	Guatemala	$75,620,095,538	$75.62 billion	2.76%	16,914,970	$4,471	0.09%
70	Oman	$70,783,875,163	$70.78 billion	-0.27%	4,665,928	$15,170	0.09%
71	Myanmar	$67,068,745,521	$67.07 billion	6.76%	53,382,523	$1,256	0.08%
72	Luxembourg	$62,316,359,824	$62.32 billion	2.30%	591,910	$105,280	0.08%
73	Panama	$62,283,756,584	$62.28 billion	5.32%	4,106,769	$15,166	0.08%
74	Ghana	$58,996,776,238	$59.00 billion	8.14%	29,121,465	$2,026	0.07%
75	Bulgaria	$58,220,973,783	$58.22 billion	3.81%	7,102,444	$8,197	0.07%
76	Costa Rica	$57,285,984,448	$57.29 billion	3.28%	4,949,954	$11,573	0.07%
77	Uruguay	$56,156,972,158	$56.16 billion	2.66%	3,436,641	$16,341	0.07%
78	Croatia	$55,213,087,271	$55.21 billion	2.92%	4,182,857	$13,200	0.07%
79	Belarus	$54,456,465,473	$54.46 billion	2.42%	9,450,231	$5,762	0.07%
80	Lebanon	$53,576,985,687	$53.58 billion	1.53%	6,819,373	$7,857	0.07%
81	Tanzania	$53,320,625,959	$53.32 billion	7.10%	54,660,339	$975	0.07%
82	Macao	$50,361,201,096	$50.36 billion	9.10%	622,585	$80,890	0.06%
83	Uzbekistan	$49,677,172,714	$49.68 billion	5.30%	31,959,785	$1,554	0.06%
84	Slovenia	$48,769,655,479	$48.77 billion	5.00%	2,076,394	$23,488	0.06%
85	Lithuania	$47,544,459,559	$47.54 billion	3.83%	2,845,414	$16,709	0.06%
86	Serbia	$41,431,648,801	$41.43 billion	1.87%	8,829,628	$4,692	0.05%
87	Azerbaijan	$40,747,792,238	$40.75 billion	0.10%	9,845,320	$4,139	0.05%
88	Jordan	$40,068,308,451	$40.07 billion	1.97%	9,785,843	$4,095	0.05%
89	Tunisia	$39,952,095,561	$39.95 billion	1.96%	11,433,443	$3,494	0.05%
90	Paraguay	$39,667,400,816	$39.67 billion	5.21%	6,867,061	$5,776	0.05%
91	Libya	$38,107,728,083	$38.11 billion	26.68%	6,580,724	$5,791	0.05%
92	Turkmenistan	$37,926,285,714	$37.93 billion	6.50%	5,757,667	$6,587	0.05%
93	DR Congo	$37,642,482,562	$37.64 billion	3.70%	81,398,764	$462	0.05%
94	Bolivia	$37,508,642,113	$37.51 billion	4.20%	11,192,855	$3,351	0.05%
95	Côte d'Ivoire	$37,353,276,059	$37.35 billion	7.70%	24,437,470	$1,529	0.05%
96	Bahrain	$35,432,686,170	$35.43 billion	3.88%	1,494,076	$23,715	0.04%
97	Cameroon	$34,922,782,311	$34.92 billion	3.55%	24,566,073	$1,422	0.04%
98	Yemen	$31,267,675,216	$31.27 billion	-5.94%	27,834,819	$1,123	0.04%
99	Latvia	$30,463,302,414	$30.46 billion	4.55%	1,951,097	$15,613	0.04%
100	Estonia	$26,611,651,599	$26.61 billion	4.85%	1,319,390	$20,170	0.03%
101	Uganda	$25,995,031,850	$26.00 billion	3.86%	41,166,588	$631	0.03%
102	Zambia	$25,868,142,073	$25.87 billion	3.40%	16,853,599	$1,535	0.03%
103	Nepal	$24,880,266,905	$24.88 billion	7.91%	27,632,681	$900	0.03%
104	El Salvador	$24,805,439,600	$24.81 billion	2.32%	6,388,126	$3,883	0.03%
105	Iceland	$24,488,467,010	$24.49 billion	3.64%	334,393	$73,233	0.03%
106	Honduras	$22,978,532,897	$22.98 billion	4.79%	9,429,013	$2,437	0.03%
107	Cambodia	$22,158,209,503	$22.16 billion	7.10%	16,009,409	$1,384	0.03%
108	Trinidad and Tobago	$22,079,017,627	$22.08 billion	-2.34%	1,384,059	$15,952	0.03%
109	Cyprus	$22,054,225,828	$22.05 billion	4.23%	1,179,678	$18,695	0.03%
110	Zimbabwe	$22,040,902,300	$22.04 billion	4.70%	14,236,595	$1,548	0.03%
111	Senegal	$21,070,225,735	$21.07 billion	7.15%	15,419,355	$1,366	0.03%
112	Papua New Guinea	$20,536,314,601	$20.54 billion	2.55%	8,438,036	$2,434	0.03%
113	Afghanistan	$19,543,976,895	$19.54 billion	2.67%	36,296,113	$538	0.02%
114	Bosnia and Herzegovina	$18,054,854,789	$18.05 billion	3.19%	3,351,525	$5,387	0.02%
115	Botswana	$17,406,565,823	$17.41 billion	2.36%	2,205,080	$7,894	0.02%
116	Laos	$16,853,087,485	$16.85 billion	6.89%	6,953,035	$2,424	0.02%
117	Mali	$15,334,336,144	$15.33 billion	5.40%	18,512,430	$828	0.02%
118	Georgia	$15,081,338,092	$15.08 billion	4.83%	4,008,716	$3,762	0.02%
119	Gabon	$15,013,950,984	$15.01 billion	0.50%	2,064,823	$7,271	0.02%
120	Jamaica	$14,781,107,822	$14.78 billion	0.98%	2,920,848	$5,061	0.02%
121	State of Palestine	$14,498,100,000	$14.50 billion	3.14%	4,747,227	$3,054	0.02%
122	Nicaragua	$13,814,261,536	$13.81 billion	4.86%	6,384,846	$2,164	0.02%
123	Mauritius	$13,266,427,697	$13.27 billion	3.82%	1,264,499	$10,491	0.02%
124	Namibia	$13,253,698,015	$13.25 billion	-0.95%	2,402,633	$5,516	0.02%
125	Albania	$13,038,538,300	$13.04 billion	3.84%	2,884,169	$4,521	0.02%
126	Mozambique	$12,645,508,634	$12.65 billion	3.74%	28,649,018	$441	0.02%
127	Malta	$12,518,134,319	$12.52 billion	6.42%	437,933	$28,585	0.02%
128	Burkina Faso	$12,322,864,245	$12.32 billion	6.30%	19,193,234	$642	0.02%
129	Equatorial Guinea	$12,293,579,173	$12.29 billion	-4.92%	1,262,002	$9,741	0.02%
130	Bahamas	$12,162,100,000	$12.16 billion	1.44%	381,755	$31,858	0.02%
131	Brunei	$12,128,089,002	$12.13 billion	1.33%	424,473	$28,572	0.01%
132	Armenia	$11,536,590,636	$11.54 billion	7.50%	2,944,791	$3,918	0.01%
133	Madagascar	$11,499,803,807	$11.50 billion	4.17%	25,570,512	$450	0.01%
134	Mongolia	$11,433,635,876	$11.43 billion	5.30%	3,113,786	$3,672	0.01%
135	North Macedonia	$11,279,509,014	$11.28 billion	0.24%	2,081,996	$5,418	0.01%
136	Guinea	$10,472,514,515	$10.47 billion	10.60%	12,067,519	$868	0.01%
137	Chad	$9,871,247,732	$9.87 billion	-2.95%	15,016,753	$657	0.01%
138	Benin	$9,246,696,924	$9.25 billion	5.84%	11,175,198	$827	0.01%
139	Rwanda	$9,135,454,442	$9.14 billion	6.06%	11,980,961	$762	0.01%
140	Congo	$8,701,334,800	$8.70 billion	-3.10%	5,110,695	$1,703	0.01%
141	Haiti	$8,408,150,518	$8.41 billion	1.17%	10,982,366	$766	0.01%
142	Moldova	$8,128,493,432	$8.13 billion	4.50%	4,059,684	$2,002	0.01%
143	Niger	$8,119,710,126	$8.12 billion	4.89%	21,602,382	$376	0.01%
144	Kyrgyzstan	$7,564,738,836	$7.56 billion	4.58%	6,189,733	$1,222	0.01%
145	Tajikistan	$7,146,449,583	$7.15 billion	7.62%	8,880,268	$805	0.01%
146	Malawi	$6,303,292,264	$6.30 billion	4.00%	17,670,196	$357	0.01%
147	Guam	$5,859,000,000	$5.86 billion	0.19%	164,281	$35,665	0.01%
148	Fiji	$5,061,202,767	$5.06 billion	3.80%	877,459	$5,768	0.01%
149	Mauritania	$5,024,708,656	$5.02 billion	3.50%	4,282,570	$1,173	0.01%
150	Maldives	$4,865,546,027	$4.87 billion	6.91%	496,402	$9,802	0.01%
151	Montenegro	$4,844,592,067	$4.84 billion	4.70%	627,563	$7,720	0.01%
152	Togo	$4,757,776,485	$4.76 billion	4.40%	7,698,474	$618	0.01%
153	Barbados	$4,673,500,000	$4.67 billion	1.00%	286,232	$16,328	0.01%
154	Eswatini	$4,433,664,364	$4.43 billion	1.87%	1,124,805	$3,942	0.01%
155	Sierra Leone	$3,775,047,334	$3.78 billion	4.21%	7,488,423	$504	0.00%
156	Guyana	$3,621,046,005	$3.62 billion	2.92%	775,222	$4,671	0.00%
157	Liberia	$3,285,455,000	$3.29 billion	2.47%	4,702,226	$699	0.00%
158	Burundi	$3,172,416,146	$3.17 billion	0.50%	10,827,019	$293	0.00%
159	Andorra	$3,012,914,131	$3.01 billion	1.87%	77,001	$39,128	0.00%
160	Suriname	$2,995,827,901	$3.00 billion	1.69%	570,496	$5,251	0.00%
161	Timor-Leste	$2,954,621,000	$2.95 billion	-8.00%	1,243,258	$2,377	0.00%
162	Aruba	$2,700,558,659	$2.70 billion	1.33%	105,366	$25,630	0.00%
163	Lesotho	$2,578,265,358	$2.58 billion	-2.29%	2,091,534	$1,233	0.00%
164	Bhutan	$2,528,007,911	$2.53 billion	4.63%	745,563	$3,391	0.00%
165	Central African Republic	$1,949,411,659	$1.95 billion	4.30%	4,596,023	$424	0.00%
166	Belize	$1,862,614,800	$1.86 billion	1.44%	375,769	$4,957	0.00%
167	Cabo Verde	$1,772,706,451	$1.77 billion	4.01%	537,498	$3,298	0.00%
168	Saint Lucia	$1,737,504,296	$1.74 billion	3.82%	180,954	$9,602	0.00%
169	San Marino	$1,632,860,041	$1.63 billion	1.50%	33,671	$48,495	0.00%
170	Northern Mariana Islands	$1,593,000,000	$1.59 billion	25.14%	56,562	$28,164	0.00%
171	Antigua and Barbuda	$1,510,084,751	$1.51 billion	3.03%	95,426	$15,825	0.00%
172	Seychelles	$1,497,959,569	$1.50 billion	5.28%	96,418	$15,536	0.00%
173	Gambia	$1,489,464,788	$1.49 billion	4.56%	2,213,889	$673	0.00%
174	Guinea-Bissau	$1,346,841,897	$1.35 billion	5.92%	1,828,145	$737	0.00%
175	Solomon Islands	$1,303,453,622	$1.30 billion	3.24%	636,039	$2,049	0.00%
176	Grenada	$1,126,882,296	$1.13 billion	5.06%	110,874	$10,164	0.00%
177	Comoros	$1,068,124,330	$1.07 billion	2.71%	813,892	$1,312	0.00%
178	Saint Kitts & Nevis	$992,007,403	$992 million	1.17%	52,045	$19,061	0.00%
179	Vanuatu	$862,879,789	$863 million	4.50%	285,510	$3,022	0.00%
180	Samoa	$840,927,997	$841 million	2.70%	195,352	$4,305	0.00%
181	St. Vincent & Grenadines	$785,222,509	$785 million	0.86%	109,827	$7,150	0.00%
182	American Samoa	$634,000,000	$634 million	-5.38%	55,620	$11,399	0.00%
183	Dominica	$496,727,000	$497 million	-9.53%	71,458	$6,951	0.00%
184	Tonga	$427,659,795	$428 million	2.70%	101,998	$4,193	0.00%
185	Sao Tome & Principe	$392,570,293	$393 million	3.87%	207,089	$1,896	0.00%
186	Micronesia	$336,427,500	$336 million	3.20%	532,899	$631	0.00%
187	Palau	$289,823,500	$290 million	-3.57%	17,808	$16,275	0.00%
188	Marshall Islands	$204,173,430	$204 million	3.60%	58,058	$3,517	0.00%
189	Kiribati	$185,572,502	$186 million	0.33%	114,158	$1,626	0.00%
190	Tuvalu	$39,731,317	$40 million	3.24%	11,370	$3,494	0.00%

 

[Tommy Tainant]

The #1 thing they should continue to do, is to not allow the third-world in.
Yes, I know there is some migration to Finland, but it's very limited. Should that change, they will regret it. Right now, they are mostly ethnically homogeneous, and they should fight like hell to keep it that way.

MSN

Finns happiness derives from a progressive society where there is less inequality and people are given the chance to succeed through their excellent education system.
Finland itself is not really a place I would hurry back to. Helsinki is a drab place, Talinn is a lot more fun and Finns take the short ferry ride there every weekend.

 

[candycorn]

I'm guessing one of the three things is not having a debate about the "logic" of everyone being armed and the 30,000 gun deaths that come with it.

 

[jehanne1431]

The #1 thing they should continue to do, is to not allow the third-world in.
Yes, I know there is some migration to Finland, but it's very limited. Should that change, they will regret it. Right now, they are mostly ethnically homogeneous, and they should fight like hell to keep it that way.

MSN

Smaller countries who do not have to involve themselves in war or dealing with other nations’ problems have a big advantage. . I see Finland and the three Scandinavian countries are all very high on the "happy list." . Well, great. . But I maintain that is because this study is measuring temporal or earthly factors, only.

In other words, happiness is overrated. . Because no one escapes death, or tragedy around us or among family members and other earthly sorrows. . So what really gives a soul joy and peace? Not money or family or health or weather. . It is the gift of knowing the one true God, and that one is doing all they can to pray, obey, serve God and your fellow man. . Then one can be reasonably assured when they die they will ultimately make it to heaven. . I say ultimately because purgatory is a painful, often very long ordeal where we are purified before being allowed into heaven. . And very few go straight to heaven, according to saints and heavenly visitors. -------- Not here to argue, just to provide a very different perspective.