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December 05, 2007
Satanism and the Cult of Scientology
Actor Will Smith appeared on a recent airing of 60Minutes, and in a bizarre encounter defended Tom Cruise and Scientology. Normally, nutcases like this don't deserve scrutiny, but Scientology is a rather powerful cult and the public statements of its apologists must be deconstructed. To quote Smith in the interview:
"the ideas of the Bible are 98 percent the same ideas of Scientology, 98 percent the same ideas of Hinduism and Buddhism.”
I don't recall ever reading in my nearly 40 years of studying world religion anything in Buddhist, Hindu, Christian, Hebrew or Islamic scripture any other nutcase scenario about aliens strapping evil souls to the mountains of the earth, or any self proclaimed prophet hiding in the clouds. Evidently I missed the part in the bible where God told Moses to keep all of his decision making to himself and don't let the congregation know about them or the finances of the operation. Nor do I recall any other world religions advocating ceremonial devil worship as L.Ron Hubbard did before starting the Scientology cult. Remember, he was a student of Aleister Crowley, once proclaimed the wickedest man alive. For Will Smith to say this is patently absurd and opens up a whole new window into his mind.
Another of Smith's bizarre pronouncements:
“When I sit and I talk with Tom Cruise, he is one of the greatest spirits that I’ve ever met – someone who is committed to making the world better,” Will said. “You have people [that] are attacking and wanna fight that don’t know nothing — how you gonna not know nothing about Scientology and attack somebody? It’s dangerous and it’s ignorant."
This type of grammar couldn't come out of the mouth of anyone who reads literary works of any kind. Just because someone doesn't agree with Tom Cruise doesn't mean they are any less peaceful. And most decidedly, it makes them anything but ignorant. They aren't denouncing Cruise and the cult of Scientology out of hatred and spite, although a few probably are. It's the blashphemous charges of self absorbed brain washed idiots like Tom Cruise whom they feel they must stand up against, and speak out for decent and civilized people that a brainwashed propagandist does not speak for world peace. That is only his rhetoric. Jim Jones, David Koresh... they spoke of love and peace. They led their followers to believe they stood for a better life, and advocated a commune of peace, incidentally, just as Charles Manson did. Very few have been able to build a cult following by saying "come join us and we will teach you how to hate."
It's childish to simply dismiss everyone who disagrees with you. Most religions of the world understand science and use it to help themselves. Foolish souls like Cruise and the Scientology cult authoritatively criticize science, but get angry and are unable to to forge a comprehensible arguement when they are asked to explain and to cite authority to defend their position.
The truth of the cult of Scientology is a matter of public record in an exhaustive 9 part study published by the Los Angeles Times in 1991. Anyone can go the LATimes' website and download the articles. Unfortunately, in present day America, entertainers are elected president, governor and congressman for a reason. They have a following that is willing to listen to them, no matter how ignorant they sound, and no matter how weak their character. What is obviously a cult divised in the mind of a science fiction writer with some sort of grandiose complex can be bankrolled by a few crazy entertainers with a lot of money, spreading its disease of propaganda among a tolerant public in a way David Koresh and Jim Jones could've only dreamed of.
To read the story of a former member of the cult of Scientology called Hollywood, Satanism, Scientology and SuicideCLICK HERE
