Mel Gibson has come under fire for being hard on Jews in his film âThe Passion of the Christâ â 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. âThere is no salvation for those outside the Church,â Gibson replied. âI believe it.â
He elaborated: âPut it this way. My wife is a saint. Sheâs a much better person than I am. Honestly. Sheâs, like, Episcopalian, Church of England. She prays, she believes in God, she knows Jesus, she believes in that stuff. And itâs just not fair if she doesnât make it, sheâs better than I am. But that is a pronouncement from the chair. I go with it.â
Gibson also said in the interview that he was nearly suicidal before he made his controversial film. âI got to a very desperate place. Very desperate. Kind of jump-out-of-a-window kind of desperate,â he said in the interview. âAnd I didnât want to hang around here, but I didnât want to check out. The other side was kind of scary. And I donât like heights, anyway. But when you get to that point where you donât want to live, and you donât want to die, itâs a desperate, horrible place to be. And I just hit my knees. And I had to use âThe Passion of the Christâ to heal my wounds.â Gibsonâs rep wasnât available for comment. |