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Apr 16, 2008
Actor Jason Beghe: Scientology is 'brainwashing' — FOX News
Type: Press
Author(s):
Roger Friedman Source:
FOX News Jason Beghe is the bravest actor in Hollywood. He’s come clean about his 14 years in Scientology, the religion that Tom Cruise reveres. He says the purpose of Scientology is to create a "brainwashed, robotic version of you." He also says that he spent about $1 million to work his way up the Scientology ladder to become what’s known as an "OT5 auditor," or someone who listens to new members and teaches them the ropes. He was so successful as a ...
Sep 23, 2007
Madman or messiah? — Independent.ie
Type: Press
Author(s):
Carol Tobin Source:
Independent.ie She was open-minded enough about Scientology, if a bit dubious about some aspects of the life of its founder L. Ron Hubbard. Imagine Carol Tobin's surprise, then, when her hopes of a private jet and a Hollywood career with Tom Cruise were dashed as its adherents appeared to reject her
Is it just cynical old me or is Scientology a load of old cobblers or, as we would say here in Ringsend, a load of bullshit?
Oh, I can hear the ...
Sep 12, 2006
Couple loses challenge on blood test law — ABC News
Type: Press
Author(s):
Kevin O'Hanlon Source:
ABC News Lincoln, Nebraska – A federal judge has refused to throw out Nebraska's one-of-a-kind newborn blood screening law. Ray and Louise Spiering of Saunders County filed a lawsuit challenging the law in 2004, arguing that the mandatory blood test would violate a tenet of their religious beliefs as members of the Church of Scientology.
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf said the law is constitutional.
The blood screening has been standard practice in Nebraska since 1967. Health officials say the test, ...
Apr 30, 2006
Tom Cruise's manic meltdown // If we didn't know better, we'd say it's time for Cruise to see a shrink — Canoe
Type: Press
Author(s):
Jim Slotek Source:
Canoe Are we ready to feel sorry for Tom Cruise yet? Perhaps the most maladroit celebrity since ... well, if not ever, then at least since Michael Jackson, Cruise seems incapable of doing or saying anything in front of cameras and tape-recorders that doesn't come off strange and/or weird. Take the blessed event of the birth of his daughter Suri by girlfriend Katie Holmes. Never mind the rumours about Scientology-dictated "silent birth." Here was the the birth of an innocent, and a ...
Apr 13, 2006
Tom & Katie's Planned 'Silent Birth' — CBS News
Type: Press
Author(s):
Vanessa Mizell Source:
CBS News (AP) Tom Cruise has been practically shouting from the rooftops about his love for his pregnant fiancée, Katie Holmes. But when their much-anticipated baby is born, the superstar dad probably won't say a word. Cruise, a longtime Scientologist who introduced Holmes to the faith, is likely to follow Scientology's practice of quiet birth. Followers believe the absence of talk and other noise in the delivery room is more healthful for mother and baby. No one's saying publicly where baby Cruise will ...
Apr 4, 2006
Spotlight on Scientology — Daily Mail (UK)
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Daily Mail (UK) Silent births, purification programmes, claims that humans are an exiled race from outer space called Thetans... welcome to religion, Scientology style. The claims made on behalf of the controversial cult have been prolific over the years, not least because its most famous torchbearer, Hollywood star Tom Cruise, is never far from the headlines. But what exactly is the Church of Scientology? What does it teach and what makes it so popular among the Hollywood jet set as well as 10million people ...
Oct 14, 2005
Getting behind the ruckus over 'silent births' — Chicago Tribune
Type: Press
Author(s):
Nara Schoenberg Source:
Chicago Tribune Just when Tom Cruise was starting to look good again, we hear from the New York Daily News that Cruise's pregnant fiance, Katie Holmes, is supposed to sign on for a "silent birth," without screams or painkillers. Ouch. But is "Quit yellin', it's only childbirth," as the News headline so succinctly put it, the true position of the Church of Scientology, of which Cruise is a member? Not according to Greg LaClaire, vice president of the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre ...
Oct 13, 2005
Silent Night? Holy Crap! / Tom and Katie's scary Scientology birth plan — Slate Magazine
Type: Press
Author(s):
Dana Stevens Source:
Slate Magazine At first I thought it was a tossup which news item was scarier: the bombing of a peaceful Smurf village in a new UNICEF commercial, or the news that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are expecting a child. But after reading up on Scientological birth practices, the choice is clear. Even the loss of Smurfette to carpet bombs, and the subsequent abandonment of Baby Smurf, who ends the 20-second public service announcement alone and weeping amidst what one New York tabloid ...
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