and scientology is a money hungry cult.
2006-09-18 14:16:53 · 20 answers · asked by Mr.happy 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Absolutely. Cruise is completely off his rocker and Scientology is most assuredly a cult.
This is what Scientologists ACTUALLY believe:
Xenu was an alien ruler of the "Galactic Confederacy" who, 75 million years ago, brought billions of people to Earth in spacecraft resembling Douglas DC-8 airliners, stacked them around volcanoes and blew them up with hydrogen bombs. Their souls then clustered together and stuck to the bodies of the living. The alien souls continue to do this today, causing a variety of physical ill-effects in modern-day humans. L. Ron Hubbard (a science-fiction writer and the creator of Scientology) called these clustered spirits "Body Thetans," and the advanced levels in Scientology place considerable emphasis on isolating them and neutralizing their ill effects.
To rid ourselves of "Body Thetans", we have to go through "auditing" with a member of the “church” who uses an "e-meter" to measure our “reactive mind” in order to clear our mind of “engrams” (past negative experiences stored in our unconscious mind)...... and we have to pay lots and lots and lots of money to take courses on Scientology to advance to higher “levels” in the “church”.
Scientology is undeniably a cult.
Every cult can be defined as a group having all of the following five characteristics:
1. It uses psychological coercion to recruit, indoctrinate and retain its members
2. It forms an elitist totalitarian society.
3. Its founder leader is self-appointed, dogmatic, messianic, not accountable and has charisma.
4. It believes 'the end justifies the means' in order to solicit funds & recruit people.
5. Its wealth does not benefit its members or society.
Are Cults Harmful?
To remain within the strict mental and social confines of a cult for even a short time can have the following disastrous effects:
Loss of choice and free will. Diminished intellectual ability, vocabulary and sense of humor. Reduced use of irony, abstractions and metaphors. Reduced capacity to form flexible and intimate relationships. Poor judgment. Physical deterioration. Malnutrition. Hallucinations, panic, dissociation, guilt, identity diffusion and paranoia. Neurotic, psychotic or suicidal tendencies
2006-09-20 05:53:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cruise is crazy all the way to the bank - I'm not too keen on the Scientology bit but I think that he is a very good actor.
2006-09-18 21:44:55 · answer #2 · answered by mom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Strange the big difference between him and John Travolta..,Travolta is a scientologist as well as he doesnt do the crazy crap Cruise does.Everyone has their own religion or beliefs and you have nut cases in each..,I think Cruise is one of them.Travolta seems grounded and happy.Thats what life should be about.
2006-09-18 21:26:26 · answer #3 · answered by halfbright 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
affirmative! But he still is a good looking crazy nutter...lol
2006-09-18 21:26:48 · answer #4 · answered by funlady6632@yahoo.com 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
i don't, i think you're just jealous of him. so what if he believes in scienteology,,, its a free country, he has the right to worship however he likes. and there is some truth to some things he says. probably not all things though.but its not nice to insult people with different beliefs than yours if they're harming no one.what are all your religous beliefs?
2006-09-18 21:21:27 · answer #5 · answered by jim0007766 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I am jumping up and down on my couch in total agreement....oops just dumped my wife and kids right off the couch....
2006-09-18 21:20:15 · answer #6 · answered by KERMIT M 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
aww u make reincarnated ron L hubbard feel bad..awwwww
2006-09-18 21:21:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
agreed
2006-09-18 21:19:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes. We can.
2006-09-18 21:54:05 · answer #9 · answered by Roger Y 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i still can't figure out what the hell scientology is.
2006-09-18 21:18:27 · answer #10 · answered by Ah Ha 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋