Celebrities & Scientology

[pepper67]

However, if certain rumors are to be believed, then they both have a secret they are deeply ashamed of, would hate for anyone to find out, and would desperate cling to anyone who says they can help them with this "problem." This could explain why they are in Scientology.

Either that or Scientology's head 'gurus' have said, "You walk, we talk." Even the thought of that would keep them drinking the Kool-Aid.

[batmom]

Salon has posted the first in a series of four articles about Scientology. Cruise is certainly getting publicity for the cult with his antics, but I'm not sure that it's the kind of publicity they want.

[littleweasel]

Thanks for posting that, Batmom. Throughout this whole Teeny Tiny Tommy meltdown, I've been a-hopin' and a-prayin' to both Xenu and our almighty L. Ron (oof, that's weird, I just got struck by lightning...kinda stings!) that his recent outbursts would lead to some serious investigation.

As long as the $cieno$ kept their mouths shut, there was an air of mystery and can't-touch-this about them. Well, that and the threat of lawsuit. But now that he's gotten so much of the crazy out, I think the media has an opportunity to expose the truths of the cult that many of us knew all along. Now the masses can know.

[Deleted]

So when are they posting each article? It says it's four parts, and that was part one.

[huntergrayson]

It's not part two, but their books section now has an article on everything you wanted to know about "Dianetics" but were too freaked out to ask. ("a fantastically dull, terribly written, crackpot rant" -- awesome). This is why I subscribe to Salon.

[sueli]

From Salon.com review

Dianetics" begins with a stern admonition: "Important Note: In reading this book, be very certain that you never go past a word you do not fully understand. The only reason a person gives up a study or becomes confused or unable to learn is because he or she has gone past a word that was not understood." This seems a bit punctilious, as everyone knows that one of the main ways people learn the meanings of new words is by hearing or reading them in context. Since only a few pages later, we're promised that only "basic language" will be used in "Dianetics," how tough is this going to be?

Alas, it is not only individual words that can cause confusion. Perfectly clear words can be dragooned into sentences so grammatically torturous and incoherent that any meaning once inhabiting those words runs screaming from the wreckage.

[huntergrayson]

Maybe that's how CTC went from being ADD/hyperactive to "realizing" he had dyslexia.

He's all, "Um, I can't read this" and the clams say, "oh, you're dyslexic - we'll fix that."

[jen808]

I don't know about you guys but that link BagofBones posted scared the crap out of me. Just hearing "satanism" in connection with anything send shivers up my spine.

[spinsterliz]

This morning, one of my brothers asked me what scientology is. I started explaining. About three sentences in, my brother was already going, "You're kidding! No way!" And the more I explained, the more it just sounded so incredibly fucked up-the billion years contract, the fact it was founded by a bad sci-fi writer, the seperate churches for famous people. Saying all those things aloud really made me wonder how the hell anyone could seriously get sucked into it. I mean, it is just such a ridiculous joke, all of it.

I didn't even go into the part about how "AIDS is a state of mind." My brother's mind was blown already way before then.

I do feel bad for anyone who is born into this "religion." But I don't feel at all bad for these crackpot celebrities who sign their souls away willingly. Idiots.

[Coffeecakes]

Well, someone mentioned personality tests that these fucktards give out and I decided to talk about my experience here. I used to be friends with a girl whose family were all Scientologists. I had no clue what it was or anything at the time since I was only 11 yrs old when I met them. I used to help them roll up those goddamn personality tests!
I rememeber the first thing my friend tried to do was have me do the test. She then told me that I had to get audited. She told me from the beginning that one class was $500 and that the audit was going to be very uncomfortable since I was going to be asked every personal question in the book. I of course, declined every. freakin. time. Her mother would also ask me some bullshit about writing down the words that I knew, etc. I was in the Honor Roll, and told them that I would trust my English teacher and my mother(who is a language teacher). So to not quiz me, or ask me anything about words, etc.

Anyway, so one day, when another friend of hers and I had slept over, coincidently they just had to go the center to pick something up. It of course turned into a whole ploy to get us into this bullshit "religion". Jesus, the amount of crap said to us. Thye gave us a tour, and then we watched a video. It was like watching a science fiction movie. It was that fucking stupid. It talked about dimensions and space, etc. At one point, her stepfather caught me and the other girl trying really hard to hold in our laughter. He asked us what was our problem. I, always being the bitch that I am, told him that the whole thing was bullshit and that how could anyone with any amount of working brain cells fall for it. I also told him that how dare they always try to suck someone into their cult when they don't want to. He reacted like Tiny Tom. He kept saying my name and saying that I needed to finish watching the video, etc. I told him hell no and walked out.

Of course my former friend started doing things to piss me off. Her way of distancing herself from me, since I was a "suppressive". The worst thing is that after going through a brief depession, I now believe that she was depressed at the time. Probably still is. She seemed unstable and now, who knows what became of her. Really sad.

Because of that, I am really thankful for having the parents that I have. I was only 11-12 at the time, and I still told them to fuck off.