| Mel Gibson has been in the news because of his new movie about the passion of Christ. I found this article very interesting and wanted to share it with you all. Take a little closer look at this man and his beliefs. Taken from: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4224452 Mel Gibson says his wife could be going to hell By Jeannette Walls with Ashley Pearson MSNBC Updated: 12:35 p.m. ET Feb. 10, 2004 Mel Gibson has come under fire for being hard on Jews in his film �The Passion of the Christ� � but apparently, he feels that Protestants are also doomed to damnation. In fact, it looks like Gibson, a conservative Catholic, believes that his Episcopalian wife could be going to hell. Gibson was interviewed by the Herald Sun in Australia, and the reporter asked the star if Protestants are denied eternal salvation. �There is no salvation for those outside the Church,� Gibson replied. �I believe it.� He elaborated: �Put it this way. My wife is a saint. She�s a much better person than I am. Honestly. She�s, like, Episcopalian, Church of England. She prays, she believes in God, she knows Jesus, she believes in that stuff. And it�s just not fair if she doesn�t make it, she�s better than I am. But that is a pronouncement from the chair. I go with it.� Gibson also said in the interview that he was nearly suicidal before he made his controversial film. �I got to a very desperate place. Very desperate. Kind of jump-out-of-a-window kind of desperate,� he said in the interview. �And I didn�t want to hang around here, but I didn�t want to check out. The other side was kind of scary. And I don�t like heights, anyway. But when you get to that point where you don�t want to live, and you don�t want to die, it�s a desperate, horrible place to be. And I just hit my knees. And I had to use �The Passion of the Christ� to heal my wounds.� Gibson�s rep wasn�t available for comment. END OF ARTICLE In case any of you are unfamiliar with the term "the church" as used by a Roman Catholic it means, a member of the Roman Catholic church and that is all. Gibson stated "I believe it". Therefore those outside the Roman Catholic church, including his own wife are "denied eternal salvation" as are all "Protestants" The other comment that bears notice is his statement "But that is a pronouncement from the chair. I go with it". The statement "from the chair" is reference to the Pope making an infallible decree from his seat of power as head of the Roman Catholic church. Very interesting statements, I though you all might like to hear. God bless you all In His Service Rick |
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