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Tom Cruise's behavior and Scientology: A link? // The debate continues as the controversial religion thrives

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Title: Tom Cruise's behavior and Scientology: A link? // The debate continues as the controversial religion thrives
Date: Thursday, 24 August 2006
Publisher: ABC News
Author: Bill Blakemore
Main source: abcnews.go.com
Tags: ABC News • Bill Blakemore • Bill Clinton • Chick Corea • Germany • Isaac Hayes • John Carmichael • John Travolta • Kurt Weiland • Matt Lauer • Membership • New York Times • Pat Harney • Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF) • Richard Armitage • Rick Ross • Rolling Stone • Scientology: The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power (article) • Stephen A. Kent • Tom Cruise • Xenu (Operating Thetan level 3, OT 3, Wall of Fire)

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"In my opinion," says Rick Ross, who has spent years studying cults and religious groups, "(Tom Cruise's) meltdown is likely attributable to Scientology. He's made some bad career choices lately. He's damaged goods. How do you go from the world's biggest movie star to someone Viacom dumps?" The New York Times this morning said simply that Cruise has gone "into full Scientology mode." Indeed, his recent responses to Matt Lauer, inveighing against modern psychiatric care, reflect Scientology's claim that its own ... [Read the rest at abcnews.go.com]