Posted on 06/24/2005 7:49:38 AM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
...Lauer: Katie has mentioned that she is embracing, or at least exposing herself and opening herself up to, Scientology. At this stage in your life, could you be with someone who doesn't have an interest?
Cruise: You know, Scientology is something that you don't understand. It's like, you could be a Christian and be a Scientologist, okay. Scientology is something—
Lauer: So, it doesn't replace religion.
Cruise: It is a religion. Because it's dealing with the spirit. You as a spiritual being. It gives you tools you can use to apply to your life.
We asked Cruise to explain his recent comments regarding Brooke Shields. Cruise created a firestorm when he criticized Shields for revealing that she went into therapy and took antidepressants to deal with her postpartum depression. Cruise has said that, as a Scientologist, he doesn't believe in psychiatric medicine.
Cruise: I've never agreed with psychiatry, ever. Before I was a Scientologist I never agreed with psychiatry. And when I started studying the history of psychiatry, I understood more and more why I didn't believe in psychology.
And as far as the Brooke Shields thing, look, you got to understand, I really care about Brooke Shields. I think, here's a wonderful and talented woman. And I want to see her do well. And I know that psychiatry is a pseudo science.
Lauer: But Tom, if she said that this particular thing helped her feel better, whether it was the antidepressants or going to a counselor or psychiatrist, isn't that enough?
Cruise: Matt, you have to understand this. Here we are today, where I talk out against drugs and psychiatric abuses of electric shocking people, okay, against their will, of drugging children with them not knowing the effects of these drugs...
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I like what they called it on MXC - ScienceFictionTology!
Not his mother-in-law, his step mom.
Alabami=Alabama. I still type slower than I think.
"And I know that psychiatry is a pseudo science."
Pot calling kettle...Come in kettle...
no need to wonder...he's jumped the shark
ping
Now that is a given. Katie is climbing the ladder to success, one man at a time. For some it works, for some it doesn't. And Tom thinks he's got her hooked...
I wasn't aware Cruize had a history with LSD. Scientology used to have some severe restrictions on anyone that used LSD anytime in the past. I believe it was because they didn't understand it. LOL like anyone did...
What an arrogant, idiot wackaloon! Between him and Kelly Preston, we should be put back into the grand ole days of Bedlam and snake pits....
hmmm,
now, HIM being put into a snake pit DOES sound like a good idea! Nevermind ;)
Never did like Cruise's movies...maybe except for "Top Gun".
Anyways, he is a nut, and Speilberg better make some moves in stopping gay boy or no one will see the War of Worlds.
Mr. and Mr. Lefty
"n light of what the Bush admin. is pushing for with more mental health "screening" in the public schools I think all parents need to be aware of their rights and potential for harm to their children should the experts decide some sort of drug is needed."
I agree. Just another example of Bush creating more federal intervention where its not needed. How is he conservative again? Oh, I forgot. He is a "social" conservative.
Yup. Cruise is right here and he exposed Lauer as a true know nothing who has baseless opinions. He called him "glib".
HAHAHA!!
Mr Susan Sarandon. Does Tim have to ask for permission to pee?
I agree......I think the pharmaceutical co's are behind a lot of this crap coming into the schools because they know there's a nice combination of dim-witted teachers, administrators and parents that can be easily manipulated to turn a child into a cash cow for some of their drug offerings. BTW, is there a site for Thomas (?) that I can check out?
PERFECT photo! Perfect.
The guy reads some articles and right away he's an expert on pyschiatry and drug therapy. He can reasonably tell Matt Lauer that Lauer doesn't know anything about the subject, but can he tell that to all psychiatrists and researchers? Drugs save lives in many ways.
Put this child on Ritalin!
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