Monday, February 23, 2004

I, apparently, can't get enough of Mel Gibson

The following is from a New York Times Magazine article that Aidan Finley kindly forwarded to me:

Gibson is widely known in traditionalist circles, and he has made no secret of his religious affiliation. "I go to an all-pre-Vatican II Latin Mass," he told USA Today in an interview two years ago. "There was a lot of talk, particularly in the 60's, of 'Wow, we've got to change with the times.' But the Creator instituted something very specific, and we can't just go change it." More recently, the Italian newspaper Il Giornale reported that Gibson made a "scathing attack against the Vatican," calling it a "wolf in sheep's clothing."


It's things like this that make it impossible for me to take Gibson seriously. For him to claim that "the Creator instituted something very specific, and we can't just go change it" completely ignores the fact that the Catholic Church has evolved and changed from its conception. There's no such thing as the "pure" Church that Gibson sees himself preserving.

More evidence to support the idea that he's not so smart...

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