Posted on 07/12/2005 7:58:13 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Paris city hall will not honour Scientologist Cruise
Tue Jul 12, 7:42 AM ET
The Paris city hall has pledged not to make US actor Tom Cruise an honorary citizen because of his membership of the Church of Scientology.
In a debate late Monday, the Socialist-controlled municipal assembly approved a resolution "never to welcome the actor Tom Cruise, spokesman for Scientology and self-declared militant for this organisation."
Last month on a promotional tour for his film "War of the Worlds," the 43-year-old star chose the Eiffel Tower to propose to girlfriend Katie Holmes. He was also made an honorary citizen of the southern French city of Marseille.
Like many other European governments, the French authorities view Scientology -- founded in the United States in 1954 by science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard -- as a dangerous cult.
Cruise was described as a "sect-symbol" by a Socialist deputy.
Wasn't he a car mechanic?
Really now? Do they work?
Greta is one of them? I am shocked. I can't believe that he would abandon his child or any other person he loves just because they became ill. How could anyone do such a thing?
What happened to that guy who started all of this Scientology stuff anyway? Is he still among the living?
Mostly by getting the thetan in communication with the body.
The Touch Assist has a patient close their eyes and the practitioner say "feel my finger" and touch various parts of the body, until the patient experiences some relief.
There are other exercises, the one for fever involves having the patient hold things still.
The big thing is an underlying assumption that one is only sick/accident prone because they are connected to a 'Suppressive Person' - an 'SP' and are therefore a 'Potential Trouble (for the organization) Source, they're said to be 'PTS'.
There is a whole course about handling PTS/SP situations. It involves lots of different techniques for aiding the PTS person in identifying their SP or SP's and disconnecting from them.
SP's are said to only make up 2-1/2% of the population, but through the people under their thrall have a disproportionately large impact on society. Amongst other features their the ones surrounded by the sick and dying, chaos and confusion, yet they seem to thrive. (Think clintons)
Curiously, SP's are almost never found within the Church, but are frequently those people outside the church who are part of the client's non-scientology support network...
He's dead, Jim.
Gee, I wonder if his followers thought his death was his fault? Do you suppose if he were sick before he died that they shunned him?
And probably snickering at his "cult" from his grave.
Don't get me started! (Until I have a bit more time to answer)...
I doubt it. IMHO He was murdered. When I've got more time I'll lay out my reasoning behind this opinion.
DISCLAIMER: It's just an opinion, I'm not accusing anyone!
Murdered? How interesting....I'm already thinking but will look forward to your thoughts.
Well, that is a relief.
... Lord knows, I've taken enough Scientology classes, gotten enough Scientology counseling, spent enough years and enough money on the Church, that I understand it well enough to crush pretty much any Rondroid who needs it all by myself.
That being said, they don't all need it. Scientology has a lot of genuinely good people, who are benefiting from the application of 'The Tech'.
The organization OTOH is morally corrupt at the highest levels.
I believe that L. Ron Hubbard was murdered by some of those caring for him.
The people who took over the Church had:
Motive up the wazoo, the Hubbard millions, power over a vast number of fanatically loyal members. (Hubbard signed a brand new Will turning over total control of the Church to his minions only hours before his death).
Opportunity since they were the only people in daily contact with Ron, and total control over what he ate, who he saw, and all information he received.
Means Hubbard died of cerebral hemorrhage. He was being given medical doses of coumodin, a product which is also sold under the brand name Warfarin™. It is a rat poison, that causes death by hemorrhage. Any one of his care givers could have "adjusted" his dose.
Motive-Oportunity-Means. That's all a circumstantial case needs.
And then there's the coverup.
Hubbard was under the care of Dr. Gene Denk, and under California law being under a physician's care eliminates the requirement for an autopsy. Although one could have been requested, there was no autopsy.
The body was cremated within 24 hours of death, and the ashes scattered at sea. No more pesky evidence.
This was said to be in accordance with his religious practices. Curiously, there were no writings calling for cremation in existence prior to his death...
255 posted on 03/15/2005 7:35:35 PM PST by null and void (Every problem has a solution that is simple, seductive, and wrong...)
I hope that was tongue-in-cheek. You got the operation, I assume.
Ah, so every illness except depression or other mental illness can be treated by a doctor; but if you are depressed, no treatment. I wonder how many suicides there are because they are so ignorant.
Not tongue, and not cheek. It was the "digital exam" to verify the diagnosis.
And yes, it was removed by a Navy surgeon. He did a great job, one of the first surgeons to do keyhole surgery. (I had a subsequent Dr. miss the scar while doing an abdominal exam after I fell off my bike and got a handlebar to the gut.)
This was a dozen years before I'd ever even heard of scientology...
Aren't you glad you were not into Scientology then?
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