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Get this into your thick skulls, liberal hacks: Mel Gibson is not a Roman Catholic
Telegraph ^ | July 19, 2010 | Damian Thompson

Posted on 07/20/2010 7:29:01 AM PDT by NYer

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1 posted on 07/20/2010 7:29:07 AM PDT by NYer
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2 posted on 07/20/2010 7:29:55 AM PDT by NYer ("God dwells in our midst, in the Blessed Sacrament of the altar." St. Maximilian Kolbe)
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Thank you NY’er.

People really need to spend some time in the bizarro world of the sedevanticists.

They have webpages and forums.

People really need to read the rantings of Hutton Gibson.

The Gibsons are not catholics.


3 posted on 07/20/2010 7:31:54 AM PDT by Scotswife
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To: NYer
Mel Gibson is a garden-variety maniac. He worships (like all celebrities) in his mirror.

and if he didn't have such a huge ego, he might have figured out that the only reason his ex-girlfriend pretended to be into him was $$$$

4 posted on 07/20/2010 7:34:42 AM PDT by xtinct (The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you..Be Strong Patriots!)
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To: NYer
Mel Gibson is a garden-variety maniac. He worships (like all celebrities) in his mirror.

and if he didn't have such a huge ego, he might have figured out that the only reason his ex-girlfriend pretended to be into him was $$$$

5 posted on 07/20/2010 7:34:46 AM PDT by xtinct (The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you..Be Strong Patriots!)
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To: NYer

IIRC sedevacantist =”Vacant seat”, the idea being that there isn’t a proper Pope.

I can’t help feeling sorry for Mel, and I hope he gets sorted out. He may not be a Catholic, but the Left has hated him like a nova since “The Passion”.

He is being sifted, we should pray for him.


6 posted on 07/20/2010 7:35:12 AM PDT by agere_contra (Obama did more damage to the Gulf economy in one day than Pemex/Ixtoc did in nine months)
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To: agere_contra

Listening to the tapes, it is clear that Mel is in trouble. He needs our prayers (like you stated) and not our scorn and gossip.


7 posted on 07/20/2010 7:41:11 AM PDT by carton253 (Ask me about The Stainless Banner - a free e-zine dedicated to the armies of the Confederacy.)
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To: NYer

Mel Gibson is a Muslim..


8 posted on 07/20/2010 7:43:21 AM PDT by MaxMax (Conservatism isn't a party)
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To: MaxMax

LOL!


9 posted on 07/20/2010 7:43:42 AM PDT by James C. Bennett
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To: NYer
Mel may have been a Catholic at one time. His actions show that he has chosen not to be any longer.

I do feel for Mel. He's obviously losing the spiritual war within his own soul. I pray he will turn to Christ and receive the mercy and grace he needs to get on track.

10 posted on 07/20/2010 7:44:42 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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Oh my... I’ve been trying to explain this to people even when he was a family man on better behaviour who produced the Passion of the Christ. People don’t care-their only care is to neutralize his life-changing movie by dismissing it as right wing, homophobic “Catholic” propaganda.

Mel certainly has given them a lot of ammo in this regard. His has been such a pathetic fall, it’s hard to attribut it just to Hollywood. I think the devil so hated this movie (and the many souls it saved) that he set out to crush and humiliate poor Mel by temptation of his primary weaknesses: addiction, lust and pride.


11 posted on 07/20/2010 7:45:06 AM PDT by Antioch (Benedikt Gott Geschickt)
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"People really need to read the rantings of Hutton Gibson."

Yep, he's nutso. The apple clearly didn't fall from that tree, as both men battle demons within.

I've heard Mel referred to the past two-three weeks as conservative, very conservative, Catholic, very Catholic and Republican. I think it's clear he's none of those things.

12 posted on 07/20/2010 7:47:22 AM PDT by OldDeckHand
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God knows what’s in Mel Gibson’s heart; we don’t. None of us even know him personally, so how much less can we assess the degree of his faith, which is something only God can know? He may be in grave error about certain things, but there have been times in his life when he was sincerely and urgently seeking the Lord. I believe he has been attacked by Satan, particularly since the Passion of the Christ, which was such a stunning work of evangelism for Christians of all types. He needs help, both from a psychiatrist and a priest; let’s all just agree in prayer that he gets such help.


13 posted on 07/20/2010 7:47:50 AM PDT by ottbmare (Off-the-Track Thoroughbred Mare)
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To: Scotswife

“The Gibsons are not catholics.”

When I got saved by grace through faith, I also was set free of the whole “pope” question, once and for all.

That is, I think the papists AND the “empty-seat” papists are both out to lunch.

Jesus is the head of His church. Simple.


14 posted on 07/20/2010 7:48:58 AM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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Mel displays all the classic symptoms of Biploar type I. In a 2008 documentary, Acting Class of 1977, he first talked about being diagnosed with bipolar disorder.


15 posted on 07/20/2010 7:49:20 AM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
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The title of this article made me laugh out loud. I couldn’t really explain to the kiddos why it was so funny.

Poor Mel. His dad is SOOOO nuts, Mel never really had a chance.


16 posted on 07/20/2010 7:49:20 AM PDT by mockingbyrd (Remember in November.)
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I am a Catholic. Mel Gibson is a Catholic. Those who had Jeanne d'Arc, (a young Catholic), burned whilst tied to a stake, (including a Bishop amongst their ranks), were Catholics.
We've had and have many flawed members of our Church, some do very bad things. We've also had, and have, many flawed but very good people who are unselfish, pious, and repentant of their wrongs.

What non-Catholics say about the Church is of no concern to me. Our Church was founded by the apostle Peter, under the aegis of God. Mere words, from humans, will never remotely contend with God's will.
What does bother me is the habit of many Catholics have of denying that we had, and have, bad members in our Church.
Mel Gibson may be exhibiting unsavory behavior, yet he does not do so in order to harm the Church.
At the other end of the spectrum, sexual predators masquerading as priests, nuns, or pious laics, are using their positions to harm the Church.

We cannot mend ourselves until we admit we are broken.
Who is worse? Gibson or Peter, who thrice turned is back on Jesus?

17 posted on 07/20/2010 7:50:16 AM PDT by jla
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Mel is a human. He’s done good things and bad things— like humans do. The only reason we’re talking about him is that he’s a movie star.

In my opinion, Mel has mental difficulties— maybe he’s bipolar, maybe it’s something else. He’s clearly the son of his father.

Mel, I’m sorry that you can’t shut up and go away. A) You don’t have the ability to shut up. B) The media will not let you go away.


18 posted on 07/20/2010 7:52:48 AM PDT by Clara Lou (Barack Obama: saboteur)
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To: fishtank

I’m not taking the bait to get into a doctrinal debate.

The point being - the MSM is trying to hang the “catholic” tag on Mel - and thereby attribute part of his “problem” with his catholicism.

Mel is not a catholic.
And I’ll go further - if you took the time to converse with some of these people? sedevanticists - SSPX?

Well, let’s just say it’ll go far in explaining some of Mel’s comments about jews.


19 posted on 07/20/2010 7:53:47 AM PDT by Scotswife
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Mel Gibson is a garden-variety maniac. He worships (like all celebrities) in his mirror.

I think there may be something to the idea that "artistic temperaments" have a difficult time in dealing with the real world. You have guys like Michelangelo, who scarcely cared for human company; preferring his studio and his marble. Beethoven was rude and short-tempered and drove his own nephew to attempt suicide. Van Gogh had fits in which he lost control of himself. Gibson may be cut from the same type of cloth.

20 posted on 07/20/2010 7:54:12 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte ( Pray for Obama- Psalm 109:8)
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