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oh crap. bart simpson is a scientologist!
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: saint on February 08, 2008, 09:35:17 pm ---Just you :)
Now, I have a hard time watching anything with Tom Cruise because I think he's a loon, but not because he's a scientologist.
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I have had a hard time watching anything with Tom Cruise for the last 10-15 years... after he hit a certain age he stopped acting and started doing what Jack Nicholson does... he just plays himself in every movie. He sucks. Hard.
whammoed:
--- Quote from: patrickl on February 09, 2008, 06:34:28 am ---
--- Quote from: saint on February 08, 2008, 09:35:17 pm ---Just you :)
Now, I have a hard time watching anything with Tom Cruise because I think he's a loon, but not because he's a scientologist.
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Isn't that basically the same thing though?
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Exactly. All the undercover research and former scientologists say that it is a brainwashing, money making enterprise. I mean come on...Xenu, thetans, etc, etc? It was all just made up by a science fiction writer and these people BELIEVE it. I can't help but think they are all just as batty as Tom, they just keep the crazy bottled up better.
patrickl:
OK, fair enough. Still, you have to admit that scientology (the movement as opposed to the ideology) is taking things quite a step further than other religions. They are pretty aggressive in the way they "defend themselves".
I read a documentary on Cruise, his "daughter" and their kid. That was seriously scary. Their whole live "is scientology".
Again, christianity might have been followed as aggressively 50 years ago, but these days the general public thinks people are nutty when they still do that today.
It's not the "religion" itself which makes people's behavior seen as nutty, but the extremism with wich the "religion" is followed.
danny_galaga:
i call it 'the authority of antiquity'. older religions have been handed down from generation to generation. its very hard to get away from what your parents teach you. as a kid they are in an absolute positiohn of trust. if they believe in a certain religion, and they tell you it is so, why should you doubt them? unfortunately, scientology is headed towards getting 'authority frojm antiquity'. people like giavanni ribisi were BORN into scientology, not converted. thats whats so wrong inventing new religions. we know better as a modern society, but people keep doing it.
i knew a guy who was born into thelema:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelema
a religion started by aleister crowley. totally ridiculous, but he believes it whole-heartedly. why shouldnt he? his mother said it was so...
Dartful Dodger:
Some religions ask for your mind, others your body this one asks for your money. Whichever you can afford to give that's the religion that’s right for you. If you don't have a perfect mind, body or pocketbook, you can become a Democrat.
There’s something for everyone.
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