Tom Cruise flew wife Katie Holmes, David and Victoria Beckham and a host of other stars to Napa Valley in his private jet this week. The soccer star a...... (more)
Certainly Cruise could have "converted" Smith in the sense that he applied friendly pressure and thus influenced him. How do you think religious missionaries and salesmen do their work? It's a kind of persuasion.
I have no problem with "religion," and of course people are entitled to believe whatever they like. The big problem with Scientology is that it is not really a religion. Even Hubbard, its founder, said in the early 1960s, something to the effect of "This 'religion' stuff is only for the purpose of obtaining the tax exemption." People would be horrified if they knew what Scientologists truly believed. The main premise is that evil Psychiatrists came from distant galaxies at various points in time (e.g. 75 million years ago; created all kinds of mischief including the Holocaust and inventing income tax; and at this moment are still striving for world domination. Scientology's job is to stop them.
This would merely be funny (or hilarious) if Scientology didn't hurt so many people in the process. It's true, www.xenu.net is a great site; also I recommend www.youfoundthecard.com .
by Janey
Certainly Cruise could have "converted" Smith in the sense that he applied friendly pressure and thus influenced him. How do you think religious missionaries and salesmen do their work? It's a kind of persuasion.
I have no problem with "religion," and of course people are entitled to believe whatever they like. The big problem with Scientology is that it is not really a religion. Even Hubbard, its founder, said in the early 1960s, something to the effect of "This 'religion' stuff is only for the purpose of obtaining the tax exemption." People would be horrified if they knew what Scientologists truly believed. The main premise is that evil Psychiatrists came from distant galaxies at various points in time (e.g. 75 million years ago; created all kinds of mischief including the Holocaust and inventing income tax; and at this moment are still striving for world domination. Scientology's job is to stop them.
This would merely be funny (or hilarious) if Scientology didn't hurt so many people in the process. It's true, www.xenu.net is a great site; also I recommend www.youfoundthecard.com .