Posted on 02/22/2005 8:55:12 AM PST by Nachum
Tom Cruise Wants to Assist With on-set Scientology. In the upcoming Steven Spielberg remake of War of the Worlds, one family fights for survival when Earth is invaded by Martian war machines. But on the set of the movie, there’s been an invasion of another sort: Scientologists! Tom Cruise, the film’s star and the religion’s most well-known adherent, has set up a Scientology tent with a volunteer minister. “It’s a gift from Tom to the crew,” says Lee Anne De Vette, Cruise’s sister and spokeswoman. “You can receive what’s called an assist there,” a Scientologist practice that, as she describes it, seems to be a glorified mini-massage. “If someone has an injury in a certain part of their body, if their back is killing them, they can come in and get an assist. It’s something that helps the body get in better communication with itself.” Actual Scientology literature is available, too, in case “someone walks in looking for a solution.” All of which has caused a certain amount of grumbling. Scientology watchdog Rick Ross says that he’s received e-mails from crew members wondering, “Where are the booths for the Catholics and the Jews?”
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Some gift - a false prophet and eternal damnation.
It kind of reminds me the way isalm was founded.
Please don't spam this thread. An excerpt with a link to the full article will do.
Scientology has always used deceptive recruiting tactics. They have made a specialty of taking advantage of struggling actors by setting up phony 'acting schools' without telling applicants that they are affiliated with scientology. After they gain the trust of the students they use coercive and intimidating tactics to try to prevent the young people from leaving the group.
Tom Cruise must be aware of this, but still goes along with the program. Either he should get out of the organization or demand they stop their unethical practices, but the likliehood of this is slim to none.
I am sorry I am not familiar with her.
About 50,000 in the U.S. are Scientologists.
The story I've heard is that L. Ron Hubbard founded Scientology on a bet with Robert Heinlen, who was religious and didn't think people would fall for this type of hokum.
After winning the bet, Hubbard realized that he could make a ton of money off this scam.
We need Richard Gere to appear. He'll add sanity to the situation. /sarcasm
Well, I suppose when no one goes to his tent, Tom may get the message.
Frankly, I have never been disabused of the allegations that Cruise is a homosexual.
They say he set up a tent on the movie work lot.
When people visit the cult's tent...
WILL HE EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE GIRLS WHO HAVE ALL COME UP MISSING AFTER GOING TO THE SCIENTOLOGY COMPOUNDS?!
WILL HE EXPLAIN WHY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MURDERED AFTER GOING TO THEIR VERSION OF CULT SEX CAMPS?!
That one scene in that lame movie, eyes wide shut, was probably based on the cult the Cruise seems to enjoy so much.
It's just a bunch of rich freaks who feed off of, and then dispose of, unknowing folks who get suckered to give up cash.
When we watch films videos and movies there is more than is conveyed over them than just words and dialogue -- there is much that is unspoken -- I would like to suggest that we commune with what we watch, we receive impartation of things that we are not necessarily aware of.
In the book "The Media" which has been discussed on FR at length. The claim is made and substaciated with charts and graphs how the liberal media were able to influence politiacs and sway the country politialcally on specific issues abortion, fem rights, gay rights, antiwar movement, anti-Christian, etc.
Is film any different? Films have been used every bit as much to promote liberal ideals, and engineer social change.
I am suggesting that there is something beyond that -- that humans as spiritual beings and we are recieving more than meets the eye here and that things are being deposited in our hearts and lives through these various mediums. The mediums are neutral but the people that control them like cruise use them for there purposes.
Further I think that the most vulnerable segement of our society our samll children toddlers - 2nd graders have been for two generations have been allowed unfettered accesss to television and movies at the age that they form reason and what is right and what is not -- and the libs have been allowed access with cartoons PBS and other things promoting their agenda to counter act and subvert even parents teachings.
I realize I'm not saying anything really new but Cruise and his desire to dispense scientology brought this to mind.
seems that the cult's version of hubbards bio is different from the real one.
Why not? He speaks for the whole world... - sarcasm
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LOL! You hit the nail on the head!
I remember reading on FR that he boasted to Arthur Clarke that he could develop his own religion. Clarke bet him that he couldn't. Voila-Scientology.
When I read about the "Assist Tent", all I could think of was the part in Heinlein's "Puppet Masters" where the hero goes into a mens room and a captivated human slaps the gelatinous alien master on the back of his neck.
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