The video that was shown at the scientology award ceremony when Tom Cruise was presented with the IAS Freedom Medal of Valor in 2006 has shown up on-line, and although it's getting ripped down as fast as it's put up, you can see it here or download it here. If I had to describe it with one word, it would be oh-my-fucking-god. These people are nuts. At one point he says something to the effect of, "when a scientologist drives by an accident, we have to stop, because we know we're the only ones who can help". Um, or feel free to call 911. Because being trapped under a car and then seeing Tom Cruise run up is just about the most horrible mental image I've ever had. I would seriously just fake my own death at that point.
Cruise scientology video leaked
Tom Cruise on the video
Cruise became involved in Scientology in 1990
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A four-year-old video of Tom Cruise talking about his Scientology beliefs has been leaked onto the internet.
Cruise is shown discussing how he wants to spread the message of Scientology, saying: "You're in the playing field or out of the arena".
In the video, which features the Mission Impossible theme, he says a Scientologist driving past an accident is "the only one who can really help".
Last week, Cruise's lawyer branded a biography of the actor "sick stuff".
Bert Fields said Tom Cruise: An Unauthorised Biography by British author Andrew Morton - published in the US on Tuesday - was full of "tired old lies".
They included the "nutty" claim that Cruise was second-in-command at the Church of Scientology, he added.
'Drug rehabilitation'
In the nine-minute video, which has appeared on websites including video-sharing site YouTube, Cruise says: "Being a Scientologist, when you drive past an accident it's not like anyone else.
It's rough and tumble and it's wild and woolly and it's a blast
Tom Cruise on Scientology
"As you drive past, you know you have to do something about it because you know you're the only one that can really help."
He said of being a Scientologist: "It's rough and tumble and it's wild and woolly and it's a blast.
"It's a blast. It really is fun because there is nothing better than going out there and fighting the fight and suddenly you see things are better."
He added: "We are the authorities on getting people off drugs, we are the authorities on the mind, we are the authorities on improving conditions... we can rehabilitate criminals... we can bring peace and unite communities."
'In or out'
Cruise said he wished "the world was a different place" and that he would "like to go on vacation and go and play".
"That's what I want to be and there's times I'd like to do that but I can't because I know. I know."
He said Scientologists had no time for "spectatorism" but instead had "a responsibility to educate and create the new reality".
"You are either in or you're out," he said.
He added: "We have that responsibility to say, 'Hey, this is the way it should be done because we do it this way and people are actually getting better and let's get it done'.
"Let's really get it done - let's have enough love and compassion and toughness that we're going to do it and do it right."
Look I wish the world was a different place....I like to go on vacation and go and....romp and play and....just do that...you know what I mean. That's what I want it to be. You know there's times I'd like to do that.....but I can't....because....I know. I know. So I...you know, you know I have to do something about it. It's not...you know you can sit here and wish it was different and then you look at it and you go "ok this is it" allright ok and there's that moment that you go "you know I have to do something don't I? I have to do it because I can't live with myself if I don't and that really is it
The person who started Scientology... where the hell did he come up with his info? How did he know about aliens?it's really not worth looking into, as i'm sure you know he was a science fiction writer who once went on record as saying, "I’d like to start a religion. That’s where the money is".
Yea I wasn't 100% sure he was a sci fi fiction writer, and wanted to confirm, because that's crazy... to follow a fiction writer's religion.well, they do use what is essentially brain washing, often with the assistance of drugs in the indoctrination. also, one of the main parts of their religious practice is based around what is essentially hypnotism - so i'm guessing the level of choice may be somewhat diminished in these people.
More on that vid W&C posted:Puuug? You posted the video. I just posted a demotivator about Cruise's rantings.
The person who started Scientology... where the hell did he come up with his info? How did he know about aliens?It's not entirely clear what Scientologists actually believe. They're extremely secretive about their religion, to the point that most of their members don't know what the Church is about. They certainly don't share this information with outsiders.
well, they do use what is essentially brain washing, often with the assistance of drugs in the indoctrination. also, one of the main parts of their religious practice is based around what is essentially hypnotism - so i'm guessing the level of choice may be somewhat diminished in these people.Do you have a cite for that? Scientologists take a pretty hardline stance against drugs.
"Benzedrine often helps a case run." ("Run a case" = administer Dianetics or Scientology procedures to someone)
* L. Ron Hubbard, "The Intensive Processing Procedure," 1950
The quote is probably legit. It's fairly well-known that L. Ron loved amphetamines. (That's why I laugh every time Cruise mentions Ritalin. Pharmacologically, Ritalin (methylphenidate) is just kiddy amphetamines.)Quote"Benzedrine often helps a case run." ("Run a case" = administer Dianetics or Scientology procedures to someone)obviously it's difficult to tell how legitimate this quote is.
* L. Ron Hubbard, "The Intensive Processing Procedure," 1950
The Church of the Flying Spaghetti monster *is* legit, you heathen.
I'm so getting that stripper factory when I die.
Tell me more about these beer volcanoes....I think that I may be a future convert, depending on the type of beer that spews forth.