Cruise 'is Christ' of Scientology

Sun online ^ | January 23, 2007 | EMILY SMITH

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TOM Cruise is the new “Christ” of Scientology, according to leaders of the cult-like religion.

The Mission: Impossible star has been told he has been “chosen” to spread the word of his faith throughout the world.

And leader David Miscavige believes that in future, Cruise, 44, will be worshipped like Jesus for his work to raise awareness of the religion.

A source close to the actor, who has risen to one of the church’s top levels, said: “Tom has been told he is Scientology’s Christ-like figure.

“Like Christ, he’s been criticised for his views. But future generations will realise he was right.”

Cruise joined the Church of Scientology in the ’80s. Leader L Ron Hubbard claimed humans bear traces of an ancient alien civilisation.

[KarlInOhio]

also, the fact that they condensed a not bad, 2,000 page scifi novel into a 2 hour movie didn't help.

Point of order. Let the record show that Battlefield Earth was the worst novel written in the history of mankind. Trees killed themselves to keep from being made into that book. (Actually it wasn't a bad story idea. It was just a novella's worth of story spread over an Atlas Shrugged number of pages.)

[.cnI redruM]

LOL!!!

Oprah had the perfect "Whitey's gone nuts" look on her face after about two minutes of him on the show.

[Centurion2000]

So where is the Southern Ca. version of Barabas? Can we crucify Tom?

[DManA]

Personally, I prefer Barabas.

[Zeppelin]

Tom H. Cruise that's ridiculous!

[Enosh]

So where is the Southern Ca. version of Barabas?

Speaker of the House.

[Centurion2000]

It was just a novella's worth of story spread over an Atlas Shrugged number of pages

Actually it was a trilogy crammed into a single novel. But then Hubbard was not the greatest of writers. I actually lost dozens of hours trying to read his Invasion Earth series. What a crock o crud.

[rollo tomasi]

"We want Barabas!"

[B-Chan]

...in future, Cruise, 44, will be worshipped...

[Steel Wolf]

TOM Cruise is the new “Christ” of Scientology, according to leaders of the cult-like religion.

L Ron Hubbard, my hat's off to you. You set out to create a money making religion from scratch, and God help you, you did.

H.L. Mencken, my hat's off to you, too. You once said "No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.", and God help you, you were right.

[WakeUpAndVote]

I wonder L. Ron ripped this stuff off of malchom X?

[America Jane]

Funniest post today!

[Wormwood]

H.L. Mencken, my hat's off to you, too. You once said "No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.", and God help you, you were right.

You can never go wrong with Mencken:

"The most curious social convention of the great age in which we live is the one to the effect that religious opinions should be respected."

[antiRepublicrat]

Fill me in folks.

Basically, it looks like Hubbard took one of his science fiction stories and turned it into a religion. He didn't even use one of his better stories either.

[RubyCosmos]

That would make me Christlike also. And I know I don't qualify.

I am the Jesus of my company's editorial department.

[antiRepublicrat]

(Actually it wasn't a bad story idea. It was just a novella's worth of story spread over an Atlas Shrugged number of pages.)

I liked it, and was entertained the whole way through. Now Hubbard's Mission Earth was a different story -- as you said an interesting idea, but spread across ten boring novels and mixing himself up with the hero (including the long ocean cruise). It is a waste of perfectly good trees. If it were an e-book, I'd say it's a waste of perfectly good electrons.

[lesser_satan]

LOL!

[TC Rider]

I haven't a clue who a scientologist would call out to from the Cross.

"Ron! Have the valet bring the spaceship, I'm ready to go home now."

[OKSooner]

Somebody's gonna have a little 'splainin to do...

[ishabibble]

>>>I haven't a clue who a scientologist would call out from the Cross.<<<<

TALK TO ME, GOOSE...