A Sadly, No! Exclusive: Inside Mel Gibson’s wedding
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today before these friends and family, to join together this man and this woman in Holy Matrimony. Mel, will you have Robyn to be your wedded wife, to live together in the holy estate of matrimony? Will you love her, comfort her, honour, and keep her in sickness and in health, and, forsaking all others, keep thee only unto her, until she is cast off into the pits of hell for all of eternity along with her hell-spawn?
Mel Gibson, it would appear, has answered yes:
Gibson, interviewed by the Herald Sun in Australia, was asked if Protestants are denied eternal salvation. “There is no salvation for those outside the (Catholic) church,” Gibson replied. “I believe it… 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.”
Not only has Mel said yes, but apparently he’s got that whole speech memorized. From the December September 15 issue of The New Yorker (as posted by the Freepers):
I told Gibson that I am a Protestant, and asked whether his pre-Vatican II world view disqualified me from eternal salvation. He paused. “There is no salvation for those outside the Church,” he said. “I believe it.” He explained, “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.”
First link via Norbizness. Thanks to Blair for the idea, the punch line, and The New Yorker quote. [Sadly, No!: We steal our friends’ ideas, you pretend we’re the funny ones.]
[Corrected the date of the New Yorker article, added link.]
Added: The CrockMeister writes that Mel sang a different tune last night on ABC.
So how do we square that with his pronouncement on Diane Sawyer’s show last night that anyone, even non-Christians, can get into Heaven, but being a member of the church just makes it “easier”?
Mel Gibson, am I going to Heaven?
Frankly, I doubt it. As Billy Joel once sang, “I’d rather laugh with the sinners than die with the saints; the sinners are much more fun.”
But there’s an interesting post
It’s a ploy to get the damned to still pay to see his movie before they go to hell?