Tom Cruise on Scientology
January 22nd, 2008
Here’s the YouTube video Scientologists don’t want you to see. They’ve been busy trying to have it removed from the internet although Gawker.com, insists “It’s newsworthy, and we will not be removing it.”
There’s actually not much to see, so unless you’ve got nine and a half minutes of your life to waste I’ll save you the trouble. It’s mostly Tom Cruise rambling mindlessly on about how great it is to be a scientologist. In it Cruise is dressed in a black turtleneck with Mission Impossible music playing in the background. He encourages his Scientologists brethren to get on the stick and promote their faith. Here are some of the most noteworthy things he has to say:
“If you’re on board, you’re on board, just like the rest of us.”
“We are the authorities on getting people off drugs, we are the authorities on the mind, we are the authorities on improving conditions, Criminon, we can rehabilitate criminals, way to happiness, we can bring peace and unite cultures.”
“I think it’s a privilege to call yourself a Scientologist, and it’s something that you have to earn because a Scientologist has the ability to create new and better realities and improve conditions. Being a Scientologist, when you drive past an accident… you know you have to do something about it because you know you’re the only one who can help,”
From time to time he erupts in outbursts of maniacal laughter. That’s about it. So I ask you, would you want this guy promoting your religion?
