Did Tom Cruise make you interested in Scientology?

Question

And if yes, did you join?
I have to admit that he seems quite happy and people who call him a freak might not be used to people smiling, but then again, if I had his money and fame I would be smiling like that too.
Would you reommend having a look at Scientology?

Answer 1

I didn't join because of him, but I really like him. He isn't a freak or out of control - he just freely displays his emotions and there is nothing wrong with that.

And yes, I would suggest you check out scientology, it can do a lot for you!

Answer 2

No. I became a Sceintologist back in 1975. I made the mistake of joining, and was even living in their mansion in LA. Everything I earned went right to them to "erase engrams" and to become "clear". I had three other gullible guys as roommates living in the same room without partitions, all talking this weird sci-fi jargon as nobody had a life, a girlfriend or anything; if there was any money left, we were supposed to buy all of L Ron Hubbard's books. Had an ex-Sci friend wise me up, and another non-sci friend help me sneak out early in the morning when my roomates had gone - I even had another friend watch the "bridge", the place where the greeting wacko higher-ups were stationed (to greet all the residents) to tie them up and prevent them from seeing me leave. Higher up S's are about as persuasive as ten used car salesmen rolled into one - they use a subtle form of mind control and positive reinforcement to make you feel accepted as part of their group and it is ten times more pernicious than your own view of the next worst cult you have in mind. By the way Hubbard used to be a science fiction writer - making ten cents per word. When someone asked him how he was going to get rich in the 1950's he told them: "Start a religion". It is a cult and run, won't walk from it, or else YOU WILL BE SORRY. His own son even said that Hubbard was the most evil man alive (about 5-6 years before his death). And as for John Travolta and Tom Cruise, they're just typical hollyweirdos - nobody in that town is really sane IMO - Not like in the old days of Bogart and Bacall. No connection to the real world.

Answer 3

No. I was intrigued when "Dianetics" by L Ron Hubbard came out. Not in Scientology but in the book. This was long before celebrities like Travolta and Cruise began spouting their rhetorical spiel about being members.

Answer 4

After Tom Cruise, I got a bit tired of hearing about Scientology.

But if you want to know more, here's their official website:

http://www.scientology.org

Answer 5

Tom Cruise a happy man????????????? we are not thinking about the same nut case, I gather.....I was thinking that he was the guy on the Today show arguing with Matt Lauer that Matt didn't know anything about mental illness and HE

Answer 6

It made me interested but not the way you mean.

I wanted to know how intelligent people get caught up in a "belief" started by a man "L. Ron Hubbard" who didn't have too much going on for himself.

I'm not curious enough to spend any of my looking into it though.

Answer 7

If anything, Tom Cruise has caused me to think of the religion as pretty goofy. The guy who created the religion was a science fiction writer, what does that say to you?

Answer 8

I had a gander at it, raised my eyebrows, and shook my head.

A science fiction writer starting a religion, and people actually following it??????

Oh my.

Yes people should have a look. If they do, they will never see Tom Cruise and his fellow Scientologists in the same light again.,

Answer 9

No! No one could make me intertested in Scientology because it is a cult.
Anything that pushes people into thinking they are the only right way is a "cult".

Answer 10

Tom Cruise is a nutjob. And hell no I wouldn't take a look at Scientology.