tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post8487034504932606545..comments2023-10-17T06:26:31.005-07:00Comments on Evolutionary Middleman: Jesus Christ isn't the only problem. There's also Tom Cruise.John Evohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10868904051881865159noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-82042830378157436972008-01-24T19:41:00.000-08:002008-01-24T19:41:00.000-08:00(Cue maniacal laugh)(Cue maniacal laugh)Redleftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04834798382800790723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-77235493085056893542008-01-23T13:44:00.000-08:002008-01-23T13:44:00.000-08:00Yup, that's inline with what I heard about them in...Yup, that's inline with what I heard about them in the UK. Quite a coup getting celebrities for CoS, because that gives them the financial means to do just about anything.PhillyChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03355892225956705948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-18020002782868995522008-01-23T13:24:00.000-08:002008-01-23T13:24:00.000-08:00regarding YouTube yanking the video, it may have b...regarding YouTube yanking the video, it may have been because the CoS threatened them. From what I have been reading lately the CoS, threaten and sue anyone who says anything against them, or makes them look bad.<BR/><BR/>Here in Australia, CoS put pressure on the publishers to not release Tom's biography,as reported <A HREF="http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/publisher-dumps-tom-cruise-book/2008/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-48080526351608743452008-01-20T08:50:00.000-08:002008-01-20T08:50:00.000-08:00That's OK, Babs. I like your avatar. It's classy. ...That's OK, Babs. I like your avatar. It's classy. <BR/><BR/>I just realized the other day that that's actually you in your banner, doing a poor Virgin Mary imitation. <BR/><BR/>Wait, I take that back. It's a <I>good</I> imitation!Spanish Inquisitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05261181794832002207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-49532458717665932802008-01-19T11:38:00.000-08:002008-01-19T11:38:00.000-08:00@ Philly - sounds like you know more about it than...@ Philly - sounds like you know more about it than I do. I thought that the equivalency was Scientology/religion, Dianetics/holy book. Maybe they got so much bad press that they just dropped the name Dianetics, but I wasn't aware.<BR/><BR/>@ Chappy - you are hitting on the idea that was behind the post title - with Cruise as the god on earth of his "religion".<BR/><BR/>@ Babs - you got me thereJohn Evohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868904051881865159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-28420752876037667052008-01-19T10:47:00.000-08:002008-01-19T10:47:00.000-08:00By the way (looking at your avatar) - are you sure...<I>By the way (looking at your avatar) - are you sure it isn't the RIGHT side of your face that you are shredding?</I><BR/><BR/>How do you know I didn't flip the picture?Babs Gladhandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05120612577936100239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-65030972861662692352008-01-19T09:24:00.000-08:002008-01-19T09:24:00.000-08:00Poor Tom Cruise. He has the face of a god, more mo...Poor Tom Cruise. He has the face of a god, more money than most third world nations - and the intelligence of a fruit fly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-84484025521762218112008-01-19T07:28:00.000-08:002008-01-19T07:28:00.000-08:00I remember about 15 years or so ago when it was Di...I remember about 15 years or so ago when it was Dianetics (remember the volcano?) I finally got a copy (used book store next door to where I worked). At the time I thought it was one of those self help books, like a positive thinking, motivational thing. I remember getting about 10 pages in and realizing it was just another stealth religion (there was some allusion to higher power or something) PhillyChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03355892225956705948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-54854755418106015452008-01-18T22:38:00.000-08:002008-01-18T22:38:00.000-08:00Babs, he's starting to sound more like the Dustin ...Babs, he's starting to sound more like the Dustin Hoffman character.<BR/><BR/>By the way (looking at your avatar) - are you sure it isn't the RIGHT side of your face that you are shredding?John Evohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868904051881865159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-15444715333503398492008-01-18T19:58:00.000-08:002008-01-18T19:58:00.000-08:00I had to actually go find a site that had a refere...I had to actually go find a site that had a reference guide to Scientology lingo, so I could even make an attempt to understand what the hell he was saying. <BR/><BR/>I still don't get IT, and I am thankful that I don't. <BR/><BR/>Scientology is beyond screwed up. It's dangerously screwed up. <BR/><BR/>Ex - I liked him in Rainman, too. At least I could understand what he was saying.Babs Gladhandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05120612577936100239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-37001641206774620752008-01-18T19:33:00.000-08:002008-01-18T19:33:00.000-08:00LOL Lifey!! I usually take stuff this way too. T...LOL Lifey!! I usually take stuff this way too. Thanks for bringing me back down a notch.John Evohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868904051881865159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-83836495356919165282008-01-18T18:36:00.000-08:002008-01-18T18:36:00.000-08:00What you've all said is true, and I agree that thi...What you've all said is true, and I agree that this is scary. But it is also true that, in many ways, this is the funniest fucking thing I've ever seen in my life.<BR/><BR/>Guy's crazier than a shit house rat.Alejandrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08578877429793660591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-47710910676631484812008-01-18T18:27:00.000-08:002008-01-18T18:27:00.000-08:00@ Slut - I certainly wouldn't make any judgements ...@ Slut - I certainly wouldn't make any judgements about you almost getting tricked into that crap when you were 17. Back in the 70's and 80's, scientologists used to prowl Hollywood Blvd in search of the many "lost" teens who hung out there. They did that, because the kids were easy pickings. These are kids who were barely surviving (think the wide-eyed hopeful who leaves Nebraska to come hereJohn Evohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868904051881865159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-62206171306805309632008-01-18T15:27:00.000-08:002008-01-18T15:27:00.000-08:00SI said:Scientology is not a religion. It's just a...<B>SI</B> said:<BR/><I>Scientology is not a religion. It's just another corporation, a business, that fronts as a religion. Like the Catholic Church.</I><BR/><BR/>Yeah, but the pope wasn't in <I>Rain Man.</I><BR/><BR/><B>brendan</B> said:<BR/><I>Replace "science fiction writer" with "treasure-hunting farmer," and the parallels to Mormonism are inescapable.</I><BR/><BR/>And replace "The Exterminatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452054124550486048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-42938138943007441882008-01-18T15:20:00.000-08:002008-01-18T15:20:00.000-08:00Scientology is not a religion. It's just another c...Scientology is not a religion. It's just another corporation, a business, that fronts as a religion. Like the Catholic Church. The business model is 2000 years old: convince people that you have the answer, but don't let them figure out what the question is. Entertain them with nifty stories to preoccupy them, then ask them for their money. Make them feel like they are actually doing good, and Spanish Inquisitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05261181794832002207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-13793532576252561382008-01-18T15:10:00.000-08:002008-01-18T15:10:00.000-08:00sacred said: Here we have another completely luna...sacred said: <EM>Here we have another completely lunatic "religion" that was created before our very eyes - and by a science fiction writer who wanted to bag some big bucks.</EM><BR/><BR/>I agree. Replace "science fiction writer" with "treasure-hunting farmer," and the parallels to Mormonism are inescapable.<BR/><BR/>I can understand a millennium or two of tradition fooling people, but I just bjkeefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-51910874486348607982008-01-18T15:06:00.000-08:002008-01-18T15:06:00.000-08:00LOL @ Ex!That was probably the last time I liked h...LOL @ Ex!<BR/><BR/>That was probably the last time I liked him, too. He was perfectly cast for that role: an arrogant and ignorant empty suit. Of course, it being a Hollywood movie, they had to have a little departure from reality at the end, where his character does seem to gain at least a little insight. Art doesn't always imitate life, or however that cliché goes.bjkeefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-73229146936424502642008-01-18T13:40:00.000-08:002008-01-18T13:40:00.000-08:00I liked him a lot in Rain Man.I liked him a lot in <I>Rain Man</I>.The Exterminatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452054124550486048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-47053757957199589502008-01-18T12:54:00.000-08:002008-01-18T12:54:00.000-08:00enoTom Cruise and scientology is harmful because t...eno<BR/><BR/>Tom Cruise and scientology is harmful because they advocate against psychology and psychiatry in favor of their "programs." Whatever you believe about the state of America in regards to medicating our problems away, there is the unfortunate fact that there are people out there with serious mental illness who would otherwise live a life of pain and confusion until their ultimate bullethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12649812197402491992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-71347217859830497582008-01-18T12:30:00.000-08:002008-01-18T12:30:00.000-08:00Eno - I could just as easily post a video of a sta...Eno - I could just as easily post a video of a starry-eyed Christian who is speaking of nothing but living like Christ and loving our neighbors. I would think they are equally irrational and living in a world that is unrepresentative of my ideal reason. <BR/><BR/>That's precisely what my problem with Cruise is. And, I think that meek "I'm just here to help", nearly always leads to darker John Evohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868904051881865159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-14663704301049650512008-01-18T12:16:00.000-08:002008-01-18T12:16:00.000-08:00Way back in college, I had my little run-in with a...Way back in college, I had my little run-in with a Scientology recruiter. At first it seemed all interesting and cool (hey, I was 17, give me a break). But the more I talked to this girl, the more insistent and weirder she became until I just backed away from the whole thing. <BR/><BR/>Here we have another completely lunatic "religion" that was created before our very eyes - and by a science Reason's Whorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09386477323714963087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-15677388959359035782008-01-18T11:39:00.000-08:002008-01-18T11:39:00.000-08:00Eno, you're right, there's nothing wrong with some...Eno, you're right, there's nothing wrong with someone being enthusiastic and wanting to do good. <BR/><BR/>I just found most of his speech nonsensical. He was enthusiastic about what exactly? He was talking about changing the world, but how? If he's doing charitable work or helping people in general, then great! But if he's just spouting dogma and that's supposed to change people and the Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09429263099197981481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-31079762066189594622008-01-18T11:33:00.000-08:002008-01-18T11:33:00.000-08:00Ok, maybe I'm missing some hidden component here. ...Ok, maybe I'm missing some hidden component here. I just see a guy who's passionate and excited and wants to do good. Ultimately what he believes in is weird, but what is he doing that is harmful because of his beliefs?EnoNomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07315334083410624780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-43387729860300041892008-01-18T10:25:00.000-08:002008-01-18T10:25:00.000-08:00That's where I stopped. It was creepy.That's where I stopped. It was creepy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09429263099197981481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-36854293164911646442008-01-18T10:22:00.000-08:002008-01-18T10:22:00.000-08:00He's a creepy dude. But if you are just going to ...He's a creepy dude. But if you are just going to watch a little bit, you should scroll forward and watch the last minute. When he starts laughing there, I can almost guarantee chills running down your spine.John Evohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868904051881865159noreply@blogger.com