Posted on 05/12/2007 6:02:54 PM PDT by RDTF
John Travolta has launched a bitter attack on a veteran BBC reporter over a Panorama film that exposes the methods used by Scientology and questions whether it is a "brainwashing cult".
The Hollywood star has written to Corporation chiefs accusing journalist John Sweeney of venting "personal prejudices, bigotry and animosity" and harbouring "hatred against my religion
Travolta also urges the BBC to halt the screening of the documentary tomorrow.
The star's intervention is the latest in what Sweeney says is a campaign of intimidation since he embarked on his film, in which former Scientologists claim they were forced to cut themselves off from their families.
He says he has been followed by mysterious cars and even had his wedding gatecrashed.
But the Church of Scientology has hit back with its own film questioning Sweeney's methods, and plans to distribute 100,000 copies on DVD. Clips have already been posted on the YouTube website.
During filming, Sweeney confronted Travolta at a London film premiere, shouting from the crowd: "Are you a member of a brainwashing cult?"
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John, check your thetan levels.
It’s a confidence scheme. These people are being conned for their money.
Controlling them is a means to getting their money.
South Park did a great job of calling out Scientology.
To say the least. IIRC, they have something called the Celebrity Temple in Hollyweird.
DANGEROUS CULT INTREP
Wasn’t it scientologists that put a rattlesnake in some guys mailbox several years ago?
It was Synanon, a similar cult to Scientology, that did the rattlesnake trick. They were famous as an anti-drug recovery program before this incident destroyed them. There were even movies praising their efforts. Scientology is smarter, they find other means.
Travolta has been exceptionally effective for Scientology. RFK Jr in his “George” magazine did a story exposing how Travolta took a meeting with Bill Clinton before he filmed the movie “Primary Colors”. The story of a child molesting corrupt southern president was released in theaters with the president played by Travolta being at worst a lovable scoundral. “Coincidentally” the US state department also began pressuring Germany to accept Scientology as a legitimate religion rather then a banned cult.
OMG ES kinda of South Park story ping here
I saw the Panorama documentary this evening having watched the Youtube clip earlier today.
Of course, losing your temper on camera is never advisable but...
He’d just witnessed a rather sickening Scientology exhibition which hijacked the holocaust to their own nutjob philosophy and was then immediately harrassed by their oily creep of a spokesman for being a bigot. In the context of the programme it seemed like a reasonably sane response short of punching the guy out.
Isn't this what scientologists call fair game??
What worries me is that Scientology has such a high profile amongst Hollywood celebs that soon we'll have politicians following and then they'll end up being in power!.......GULP!
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If you watch the whole Panorama episode in question and view the clip in context, it becomes completely unsurprising that John Sweeney blew up like he did - it was EXACTLY what the “church” had been pushing him and his entire production crew toward for the past several weeks.
They are truely crazy people.
A religion has to be able to take criticism of its beliefs and practices, but by preventing/ignoring bad PR they do themselves no favours.
As for the celebs, there is not a more vacuous, ignorant and insecure collection of people on the planet. Come on, just look at the Cruise!
As for the Beeb bloke, he had watched some seriously horrific film of a, well almost a holocaust denial. He flipped, but damn boys, I would have knocked that scientolist smarmy sod on his Arsenal.
s c i e n t o l o g i s t....
sorry, me no spel gud.
BBC vs. Scientology.
Hmmm.
I’m reminded of Kissinger’s comment on the Iran-Iraq war, “It’s a pity they can’t both lose.”
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