Comedian Rob Schneider converts to Catholicism, vows to show 'Christ's forgiveness'

Christian Post ^ | 11/13/2023 | Ryan Foley

[SeekAndFind]

A famous comedian has announced his conversion to Catholicism and repentance for what he characterized as a failure to show “Christ’s forgiveness” to those he disagreed with.

Rob Schneider, a “Saturday Night Live” alumnus known for starring in the comedy movies “Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo” and “The Animal” as well as his multiple appearances in Adam Sandler movies, announced on X on Oct. 31 that he had converted to Catholicism. Schneider’s post, which coincided with his 60th birthday, began with a declaration that “I am the luckiest man in the world” and featured shout-outs to his wife, Patricia, and their three daughters, Elle, Miranda and Madeleine.

I want thank ALL of the lovely people for their kind birthday wishes for me today on my 60th birthday.
I am the luckiest man in the world.

I have a wonderful partner in life, my beautiful wife Patricia and three lovely daughters; Elle, Miranda and Madeline.

Today, I am reminded of what Dr. M Scott Peck told me over 30 years ago: At 40, you feel like you can conquer the world and there’s a sense that nothing can stop you.

But at 60 you realize the very real fragility of life and temporariness of it all. A humbling knowledge that there is indeed a time limit for all things and that God’s design though perfect, is precious far beyond its brevity.

Today, I am also reminded of the Hindu story that my friend Bill from Lowell Arkansas told me about a man at his funeral. Looking at the man, “Would this man lying here ask for more riches and Gold from the world? Would this man ask to be more famous and well regarded by others? Would he ask to be taller or look more handsome? No. The only thing this man lying here today would ask for was much simpler…more time.”

If you are reading this now, then you too have time! Use it wisely, use it unwisely too! But USE it. Be IN it. Be aware that you are part of ALL of it and that the separateness you sometimes feel is an illusion. Just as your heart beats without being told, you are as integral to the Sun that fires and the planets that circle it as your heart is a part of you.

For the atheists, God loves you too. The mistake you make is to think the universe is a stupid thing that just bumps into things and expands ignorantly and without reason or intelligence.

And that somehow we human beings, with our intelligence is just some kind of ‘freak’ universal accident.

To you I say this, if there is such a thing as kindness, empathy, compassion and love…it is because you found it in other people. And as my dear friend Norm Macdonald once said, “We are part of this universe, indeed a mere fraction of it, so if we have kindness and love, how much more the universe itself.” For if we are capable of love, it is because it is endemic to the universe itself.

To quote Alan Watts, “For we didn’t come ‘in’ to the world, we came ‘out’ of it. We are the universe evolving to the point of consciousness, so that the universe, us, can experience existence and life in all it’s wonder and beauty and glorious exuberance.”

Lastly, as I am a new convert to Catholicism, I offer my apology for my lack of Christ’s forgiveness to my fellow man.

I was so angry at the people who shut down schools and indeed the world and who coerced others to do things against their will which hurt many people deeply. I offer my unconditional forgiveness and amnesty.

For how can I stay mad at the famous singer who would not let others in to his Broadway show unless they had an experiential jab. I will never forget how kind he was to me and my friends when he was the musical guest on SNL. How can I continue to hold a grudge against the actor who shamed people like me but has been such a great example for other actors to never give up and keep fighting for their dreams.

How can I still be mad at the lovely actress that said she could no longer be friends with people like me who didn’t ‘get’ it, knowing how incredibly kind she is with every child she meets.

I am humbled by the example of my mother Pilar and how she was able to forgive the WW2 occupiers of her Philippines who killed both her brothers.

At last it is forgiveness itself that is the gift that we give ourselves because it frees us as The Christ intends for all of us to be free.

For His gift of ultimate and unlimited forgiveness is indeed the gift for all humanity.

May God bless you and your families now and forever.

With all my “You can do it” love, Robbie Schneider


pic.twitter.com/DcNq5dZBwu— Rob Schneider (@RobSchneider) October 31, 2023

“Today I am reminded of what Dr. M Scott Peck told me over 30 years ago: At 40, you feel like you can conquer the world and there’s a sense that nothing can stop you,” he wrote. “But at 60 you realize the very real fragility of life and [the] temporariness of it all. A humbling knowledge that there is indeed a time limit for all things and that God’s design though perfect, is precious far beyond its brevity.”

Toward the end of his post, Schneider told his followers, “I am a new convert to Catholicism.” The comedian indicated that his new faith had changed his perspective on life, as he offered “my apology for my lack of Christ’s forgiveness to my fellow man.”

“I was so angry at the people who shut down the schools and indeed the world and coerced others to do things against their will which hurt many people deeply,” he recalled. “I offer my unconditional forgiveness and amnesty.”

Schneider outlined several examples of people he believes need forgiveness without naming them directly. “How can I stay mad at the famous singers who would not let others into his Broadway show unless they had an experimental jab,” he asked, referring to the COVID-19 shots. “I will never forget how kind he was to me and my friends when he was the musical guest on SNL.”

“How can I continue to hold a grudge against the actor who shamed people like me but has been such a great example for other actors to never give up and keep fighting for their dreams. How can I still be mad at the lovely actress that said she could no longer be friends with people like me who didn’t ‘get’ it, knowing how incredibly kind she is with every child she meets.”

Schneider said he was “humbled” by his Filipino-born mother, Pilar, who “was able to forgive the [World War] 2 occupiers of her Philippines who killed both her brothers.”

He added, “It is forgiveness itself that is the gift that we give ourselves because it frees us as Christ intends for all of us to be free. For His gift of ultimate and unlimited forgiveness is indeed the gift for all humanity.”

The comedian concluded his message by stating, “May God bless you and your families now and forever.” Even before he went public with his new experience as a Catholic, Schneider has emerged as one of the more vocal conservatives in Hollywood in recent years.

Earlier this year, Schneider repeatedly weighed in on LGBT-related issues on his X account. In an April 19 post on X, which was known as Twitter at the time, Schneider reacted to a story about a female athlete “getting spiked in the face by a male competing with the women.”

“This sh– has to stop,” he said at the time. “If the parents, coaches, and ‘women’ athletes ALL REFUSE TO PLAY against these men …IT ALL STOPS!”

Two weeks earlier, on April 4, Schneider shared his thoughts on a video featuring the director of Boston Children’s Hospital’s Gender Multispecialty Service, maintaining that “a child will often know that they are transgender from the moment they have any ability to express themselves.”

The woman pointed to “trying on [an opposite sex] sibling’s clothing” and “playing with ‘opposite gender’ toys” as well as “girls ‘trying to stand to urinate’” as examples of young children identifying themselves as members of the opposite sex born in the wrong body.

“If kids put their arms sideways and run around the room they might be airplanes!” he sarcastically suggested in response to the video. Schneider’s advocacy against body mutilating sex-change surgeries, puberty blockers and opposite-sex hormones on minors dates back to at least last year, when he told Blaze Media host Glenn Beck that the genital mutilating surgeries amount to a “crime against humanity.”

[Flaming Conservative]

God bless Rob Schneider! I know how he feels. The LORD has been dealing with me about my anger against how society is being ruined, and against our president and government. The Bible clearly teaches us to PRAY for those in authority, and to malign NO ONE. Those instructions were written by Paul, under the influence of the Holy Spirit, during the Roman Empire, which was awful persecuting Christians and Jews. And yet he wrote those words. Much of what he wrote was while imprisoned, and was ultimately martyred by that Roman Empire. Jesus did not teach tolerance, but love and forgiveness. We cannot hate a anyone into the Kingdom of God, but we can love someone into it. LORD, help me to be more like You, and less like me.

[waterhill]

Amen

[Campion]

I think it's amazing (amazingly sad, that is), that you think yourself competent to judge another person's salvation based only off the datapoint that he's a Catholic.

So all Catholics are "lost," in your view?

[nickcarraway]

The FBI said 99% of all U.S. terrorism comes from Catholics.

[Vahan1987]

Yeah, I do. Hollywood and the Media were idiots for convicting him.

[nickcarraway]

Merrick Garlamd, is that you?

[SeekAndFind]

RE: The FBI said 99% of all U.S. terrorism comes from Catholics.

That makes his conversion look more genuine if he is aware of this development.

[ealgeone]

Due to the departure from Scripture on so many areas Roman Catholicism is not Nee Testament Christianity. The Immaculate Conception is but one proof of that departure.

[ealgeone]

And recall, prior to V2, Roman Catholicism considered everyone else to be heretics.

[waterhill]

I’m not Catholic, yet I share. Love to you.

[aspasia]

You are not the judge of that.

[ealgeone]

If he became a Mormon, Muslim or Hindu would you say the same?

[RightOnTheBorder]

My reading of scripture admonishes against taking revenge, which is separate from seeking justice. If someone harms you it is appropriate to seek recompense and to have a transgressor punished. It is extremely difficult, even for a wise person, to see the line between punishment and revenge which is why we have judges set sentences or determine compensation instead of victims.

[NorthMountain]

If he became a protestant, I’d say that he was lost.

Repent, sister, while you still can.

[for-q-clinton]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS9H9WPPDS8

[ealgeone]

The issue is has he repented and placed his faith in Christ, and only Christ.

In his announcement I see a reference to Hinduism along with some comments on Christ. I see quotes from people but none from Scripture.

[KobraKai]

I’ve talked to Rob Schneider on the phone once. I had some friends on vacation in Hawaii, where they came across him in a bar. That’s how I ended up talking to him on the phone.

[Honest Nigerian]

This is the guy’s idea of a joke?
What a failure at humor, or comedy.
This individual made a decision to sign on under the most heretical white-robed person since Margaret Sanger. And the person’s claim to fame is being unserious (i.e., a comedian)?
Not sure why it is news, or newsworthy.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

John 14:6 says it all.

It’s always been about Jesus.
It will always be about Jesus.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

Don’t let others tell you differently.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

It’s astonishing to see the human heart look elsewhere for all of the good things God has to offer.

The concept of being Born Again is so foreign, even among people who call themselves ‘believers’.