[BibChr]

The Gospel of John has going for it that, whatever the insanities and idiocies of its makers, the dialogue is straight from a (fairly wretched) translation of the Gospel, verbatim.

This is his interpretation.

The fact that he'd live with the text as long as he presumably did, and still come up with the twin damnable heresies of (A) my wife will go to Hell because she's not Roman Catholic and (B) she really ought to go to Heaven because she's really a good person... well, it's not encouraging.

Dan

[NotQuiteCricket]

OK, I'm going to stick my toe in on:
"(B) she really ought to go to Heaven because she's really a good person... well, it's not encouraging."

The problem with the (B) option - in my opinion anyway - is that from what I understand it is not deeds that get you into heaven, but belief in Jesus Christ Who saved us from our sins, by His sacrifice upon the cross.

So - since she is a Christian and believes in Jesus, she should be all set as far as heaven goes.

AS TO the movie - regardless of Mel's opinion on who all gets into heaven, hell, purgatory, or the void (not that his opinion really matters really) is irrelevant, if he stayed true to the New Testament (as well as that is possible).