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Cruise 'is Christ' of Scientology
Sun online ^ | January 23, 2007 | EMILY SMITH

Posted on 01/23/2007 9:43:34 AM PST by null and void

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.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: assclown; blasphemy; cultofpersonality; deceiver; dorkbrain; fakereligion; kook; loon; nutjobreligion; scientology; spacealienssaywhat; tinfoilhat; tomcruise
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To: absolootezer0
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.)

121 posted on 01/23/2007 10:44:45 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Samoans: The (low) wage slaves in the Pelosi-Starkist complex.)
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

LOL!!!

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


122 posted on 01/23/2007 10:44:49 AM PST by .cnI redruM (Free enterprise will pave the road to the stars!)
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To: null and void

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


123 posted on 01/23/2007 10:46:14 AM PST by Centurion2000 (If you're not being shot at, it's not a high stress job.)
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To: null and void

Personally, I prefer Barabas.


124 posted on 01/23/2007 10:48:27 AM PST by DManA
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To: null and void

Tom H. Cruise that's ridiculous!


125 posted on 01/23/2007 10:48:47 AM PST by Zeppelin (Keep on FReepin' on...)
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To: Centurion2000
So where is the Southern Ca. version of Barabas?

Speaker of the House.

126 posted on 01/23/2007 10:49:12 AM PST by Enosh
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To: KarlInOhio
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.

127 posted on 01/23/2007 10:49:44 AM PST by Centurion2000 (If you're not being shot at, it's not a high stress job.)
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To: null and void
"We want Barabas!"
128 posted on 01/23/2007 10:51:59 AM PST by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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To: null and void
...in future, Cruise, 44, will be worshipped...


129 posted on 01/23/2007 10:53:29 AM PST by B-Chan (Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
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To: null and void
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.

130 posted on 01/23/2007 10:54:17 AM PST by Steel Wolf (As Ibn Warraq said, "There are moderate Muslims but there is no moderate Islam.")
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To: Vaquero
I wonder L. Ron ripped this stuff off of malchom X?
131 posted on 01/23/2007 11:01:26 AM PST by WakeUpAndVote (Got towel?)
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To: KarlInOhio



Funniest post today!


132 posted on 01/23/2007 11:04:39 AM PST by America Jane
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To: Steel Wolf
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."

133 posted on 01/23/2007 11:07:53 AM PST by Wormwood (Your Friendly Neighborhood Moderate)
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To: brooklyn dave
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.

134 posted on 01/23/2007 11:08:52 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: ModelBreaker
That would make me Christlike also. And I know I don't qualify.

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

135 posted on 01/23/2007 11:12:59 AM PST by RubyCosmos (When you do something dumb, it's stupidity. When you give it a name, it's activism.)
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To: KarlInOhio
(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.

136 posted on 01/23/2007 11:16:41 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: Emmett McCarthy

LOL!


137 posted on 01/23/2007 11:21:40 AM PST by lesser_satan (EKTHELTHIOR!!!)
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To: null and void
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."

138 posted on 01/23/2007 11:25:30 AM PST by TC Rider (The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
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To: null and void

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


139 posted on 01/23/2007 11:28:00 AM PST by OKSooner
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To: reagan_fanatic
>>>I haven't a clue who a scientologist would call out from the Cross.<<<<

TALK TO ME, GOOSE...
140 posted on 01/23/2007 11:33:08 AM PST by ishabibble (ALL-AMERICAN INFIDEL)
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