Quote Of The Day

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"I've studied Buddhism and Hinduism, and I've studied Scientology through Tom [Cruise]. Ninety-eight percent of the principles [in Scientology] are identical to the principles of the Bible. . . . I don't think that because the word someone uses for spirit is 'thetan' that the definition becomes any different."

- Will Smith tells the new issue of Men's Vogue

[Image via WENN.]

Posted: Nov 20, 2007 at 1:02 pm / Email this »

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mayte says – reply to this

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que bonitas
Oral Roberts says – reply to this

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Tonm Cruise has turkey wattle. Also he's a Scientology douchbag. Associating himself with someone like Will Smith will not help him.
craigyp7 says – reply to this

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fitst bitches
men lover says – reply to this

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yahoo
Hack says – reply to this

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Look out. Will is next. I used to be a fan but his schtick is always the same and getting very old. He's a fake just like all the other hollywood robots who live in their oppulent fantasy world.
Quinn says – reply to this

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thirrrrd
Erica says – reply to this

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Tom's dick has a tattoo of L. Ron Hubbard's drunken face on it. It wiggles when he pisses.
gh says – reply to this

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5th
bb says – reply to this

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not 1st
Marva Collins says – reply to this

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Xenu has just married these two.
Marva Collins says – reply to this

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Xenu has just married these two.
Erb says – reply to this

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And the other 2% involves space aliens.
AJ says – reply to this

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The Bible doesn't suggest hooking up to archaic contraptions to measure your pain. Or having an "adviser" follow you around all day assessing your every move. It's not the principles that are wacky, it's the people and the practice.
Sister4 says – reply to this

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Bleh.
nadda says – reply to this

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first!
Erb says – reply to this

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And the other 2% involves space aliens
L. Ron's favorite thoughts in hell says – reply to this

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Scientology will rule the world!!! I love Scientology!!!!! I love Tom Cruise!!!!! I love Tom's money even more!!!!! I love that Katie is such a moron!!!!! Yea, Scientology!!!!! Any other takers out there?????
Erb says – reply to this

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While the remaining 2% involves space aliens
Georgia says – reply to this

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Who cares? Tom Cruise is box office poison. He's a has been who burned every bridge imagineable. What a dick.
Georgia says – reply to this

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Who cares? Tom Cruise is box office poison. He's a has been who burned every bridge imagineable. What a dick.
dd says – reply to this

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what's wrong with that? not gay enought for U perez?
pearl says – reply to this

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Bunch of BS. Scientology is NOTHING like the Bible. It's a cult, started by a perverted con man.
Alanna says – reply to this

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*shakes her head*
Jada says – reply to this

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Go get interbulated. Or whatever the fuck Scientologists say these days. Any language on this planet can't describe what a dick Tom Cruise and his idiot cult Scientologist pals are.
Douche says – reply to this

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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Dickity dickity dooooo!

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
HEY AJ says – reply to this

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IT IS THE PRINCIPLES THAT ARE WACKY, TOO.
Lola Love Gives Lotsa Love says – reply to this

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Such filth this man is coming up with!! I'll admit that the only thing I know from Scientology comes from "South Park" but from seeing that episode I can say that saying Scientology and Christianity are anything alike is absolutely out of this world crazy. For one thing Christians don't believe that we came from aliens or whatever it was. There's also that machine that measures your happiness number. Oh and Christians don't have to freaking PAY to study their religion. Yeah there's like a bible but entering a church is free and they have like a million copies for anyone to read.
HEY AJ says – reply to this

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IT IS THE PRINCIPLES THAT ARE WACKY, TOO. THOUGHTS DO NOT HAVE WEIGHT!
Erb says – reply to this

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"I want to kill everyone, Ron is Good, Ron is our Pal" - Tom
Denisha says – reply to this

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whateverrr
gzyy says – reply to this

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I'm shocked anyone would still admit to being friends with FREAKY TOM! See him, run a mile!!! Look what he's done to poor Katie!
Ps. The Bible says nothing about not taking anti depressants, must be that 2% difference…
Jake says – reply to this

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Man I Love Will Smith. That man is so friggin cool. Scientology is a load of mess. I dunno what Tom Cruise injected into Will to make him turn to that nonsense. Worshipping Aliens and The Wizards from Harry Potter and whatever other nonsense they praise as God. TURN AWAY WILL TURN AWAY!
Christine says – reply to this

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The definition is totally different when you're talking about aliens and other wacko shit that falls out of Cruises piehole.
O says – reply to this

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whups…..very bad move, will. don't get on the scientology bandwagon especially if you are going to spout complete nonsense about it……kiss your career good bye if you plan on keeping that up. see what it did to cruise?
Eric says – reply to this

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Re: AJ –

Are you actually saying the bible is somehow LESS stupid? Moron. Psalms 137:8 and 137:9. This isn't one of those "out of context" things. Read it. Live it, and go kill your children. Anyone that blindly follows a supposedly higher power is an idiot.
Christine says – reply to this

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I'm not a religion fan.. by far. BUT, the religions I know of that follow the Bible are FREE. Sure, they like you to donate, but you don't hve to pay to play. Scientology is a scam that masks as a religion to brainwash people, steal their money and avoid paying taxes. TOM - The world is sooooo done with you. WILL - You're next!
Xenu says – reply to this

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Will speaks the truth. Speak it often, Will. You shall spread my word throughout the land, and I will steal more brains!!! Thank you for your soul, Katie Holmes. It was DELICIOUS!
AH SET AH BULL says – reply to this

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SO IF SCIENTOLOGY AND THE BIBLE ARE THE SAME Y NOT BE A CHRISTIAN….BECAUSE SCIENTLOGY IS THE RICH FOLKS FORM OF CHRISTANITY….BULL!
AH SET AH BULL says – reply to this

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SO IF SCIENTOLOGY AND THE BIBLE ARE THE SAME Y NOT BE A CHRISTIAN….BECAUSE SCIENTLOGY IS THE RICH FOLKS FORM OF CHRISTANITY….BULL!
FUGLY MOTHER says – reply to this

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TOM CRUISE MOTHER IS FUG ANYWAYS
hello says – reply to this

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hello
Send me away to : Lazy Town says – reply to this

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Re: Eric –

Chrisitans don't follow the Old Testament. It was fulfilled when Jesus was on Earth so none of the rules in that version apply to modern life. Obviously. It also talks about how touching the skin of a pig is a sin.
Stef says – reply to this

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Just because both book says "love your neighbor" and that murder is wrong does not mean their are the same in a principle.
I love Will Smith. Why would he say something so stupid?
Stef says – reply to this

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Just because both book says "love your neighbor" and that murder is wrong does not mean they are the same in a principle.
I love Will Smith. Why would he say something so stupid?
The ORIGINAL Brainiac says – reply to this

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Yea, right. They're probably planning movie project$ right now. Mutual Admiration Society? Or, future earning$?
Send me away to : Lazy Town says – reply to this

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Might I also add that the only thing I've learned from Christianity was to love everyone, forgive, and repent for your sins. Maybe religion seems uncanny and wholly unbelievable to you but just because you don't believe it doesn't mean the people who do are idiots. I don't see what's so idiotic about having an opinion as to where we go after death.
Christine says – reply to this

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Tom Cruise has single handedly done the worst pr for scientology. He may have rank with his buddies and Katie Holmes, but not with the rest of us who actually know he is full of shit. Unfortuantely Will is going down the same path. He had so many fans, but, now he's riding on Tom's scientology coattails and will wind up losing most of his them. He lost me already.
KATIE - RUN AND TAKE THAT BABY WITH YOU!!!!!!!
Oh no says – reply to this

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I thought I heard with my own ears Tom say in an interview that Scientology was not religious. When he realized what he said, he retracted and said it was.
Lydia says – reply to this

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I think a lot of people (if not all people) lost respect for Tommy when he started jumping on couches. Sorry but it's going to take a lot more than Will Smith to get your dignity back Tom!!!
starmaker says – reply to this

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I used to love Will Smith but,his involvment with Tom has definitly changed my opinion of him.
Erica H says – reply to this

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The Bible stands alone…and can not positvily be compared to another book of man made faith especially scientology-which is bullshit the rich and hopeless love to feed on. Tom Cruise has over time become a first class weirdo…an embarrasment to whatever he decides to put his faith in. Perhaps he should try the Bible..but oh no…thats too common man for his status…the Bible..how old fashioned. Tom would look so out of style if his jack-nuts hair cut and his whip for poor Katie were completed with an old fashioned, God fearing Bible. Now it would seem that Will Smith is slowly slipping thru the cracks of Wierdoville-population: Celebs with too much time and money.
idaho potato says – reply to this

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"… and I’ve studied Scientology through Tom [Cruise]."

HUH?! He gets Tom Cruise's view of a religion and it's called studying. Let me know when you crack a book, read and study, and make a logical and well thought out comparison. Hollywood types are wacky.

Tom Cruise is a weird 5 foot 7 inch little nerd. All of his movie characters are the same. His choice of picking the same character type to portray in his films over and over and over again has worn very thin. I don't think movie goers will ever flock to his films again. Once Pandora's Box is open…

Also, he screwed around while married to Nicole Kidman, as he did with all of this ex-wives and girlfirends. Not very spiritual.
Katie Holmes… 1 year down and at most 9 years left to go. Then, Cruise will dump her and wed Dakota Fanning.
Chaz says – reply to this

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Hey! I have those some shades! coo!
solame says – reply to this

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yeah, and 98% of the DNA found in humans is also found in chimps.
Surprising? NO! says – reply to this

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This is HARDLY surprising… you cannot be "included" in Tom Cruise's "inner circle" UNLESS you are a Scientologist guru or guru in training… These two couples have been "friends" for years…. hardly surprising that WS is now "coming out" and stating that he has "studied" Scientology- he and his wife have been "underground" practicing Scientologists for years… as I said- you cannot get close to Tom Cruise without eventually succumbing to his cultish- "religion"… why do you think that he and his new BFF's - the Beckhams' aren't seen together anymore??? Hmmm? Tragic- I always "liked" Will Smith…
Suk Dat Cok Paca says – reply to this

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JESUS H CHRIST! FIRST WE HAVE TOMMIE CRUISE ON MATT LAUER WITH A PSYCHIATRY DEGREE AND NOW WILLI WITH ONE IN THEOLOGY!!! HEAVENS TO BETSY!
JessR says – reply to this

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Dear Will Smith,

Do you know any Christians who've gone to Church and paid an absorbent amount of money to have someone measure how much "soul" they have?

Yes, No, Maybe — circle one.

Love, me.
huh says – reply to this

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considering the Bible says to love your enemy and turn the other cheek,

while scientology wants you to attack your enemy and thinks a certain percent of the population should be disposed of if they are inferior according to their definition,

I would say that the Bible and scientology are 98% DIFFERENT
Alli B says – reply to this

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Funny - he didn't mention he ever studied Christianity - how the hell would he know if Scientology is 98% the same as the bible???
Her Majesty says – reply to this

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Sure, no different at all. Except that the founder of the cult of Scientology is a former science fiction author who makes his disciples sailors on a creepy boat. Oh, and advancement in the cult is a direct result of monetary contributions. Wait a minute, maybe it's not so different after all…
Break the Ties That Bind says – reply to this

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Surely we've come past the 60's when two guys couldn't show affection without being publicly outed whether they're gay or NOT. It shouldn't matter anymore, anyway. Women are allowed to show affection without an intimate relationship, and guys ought to be allowed to, too. If most guys didn't feel so straightjacketed regarding the show of feelings, perhaps the world just might be a little less violent as they might feel good about having human connection rather than isolated, disconnected and frustrated. The fact remains that these two guys may just simply care about each other as people, and there's nothing at all wrong with that. To falsely infer gayness upon any show of affection when they're not is what keeps guys lonely and alienated and keeps them from connecting like women can, IMHO.
Lor says – reply to this

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Hmm….Someone is turning into a scientologist
HAHAHAHA says – reply to this

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hahhhhhhhhhahahaaaaaaaaahahahahahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhahahhahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa this guy is SUCH an OVERRATED SCHMUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whoopsee says – reply to this

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Re: JessR – Um, I think you mean 'exorbitant' amount of money…
sam says – reply to this

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Didn't the Cruises and Smiths throw a party for the Beckhams to introduce them to all their Scientology friends?
Jane says – reply to this

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he's being converted…
◄ΦΦkrazihottkelliΦΦbitchygrlΦ↓ says – reply to this

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... says – reply to this

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Christianity:your works don't save you, salvation is a gift, works only show your appreciation

scientology: work towards some kind of freedom
Ms. T. says – reply to this

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JADA, PLEASE COME GET YOUR MAN!
Wicked wisdom jada's heavy metal band says – reply to this

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Will is getting strange and his wife is already a crazy ass with her crazy ass heavy metal band. She is insane and scary!
◄ΦΦkrazihottkelliΦΦbitchygrlΦ↓ says – reply to this

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Monica says – reply to this

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Tom and the gang are all Hollywood freaks!
Xenu says – reply to this

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There is nothing wrong with Scientology! Unless you don't have a lot
of money. Then, you are not welcome in one of their churches.
Gwaaargh.
Winchell's ghost says – reply to this

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Ho ho ho. I studied his movies and they did not enlighten me. I think they even made me dumber.
Scream says – reply to this

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You can't read the Bible and put it on the same level as this stuff. God promises eternal life for "free" to anyone who will believe in Jesus as Savior. God can give salvation for free because Jesus paid for it on the Cross. On our side all we have to do is believe His promise. We can't earn heaven or ever deserve it. You get it as a gift the moment you believe in Him.

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son
stefystef says – reply to this

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Is Will kidding? Comparing Scientology to Christianity is blasphemy. Please Will, stay away from politics and religion.
AgentGiggles. says – reply to this

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…Ugh…no. 98%? That's some bull if I ever heard it. I'm not a Christian (or anything thing for that matter) but I'm well aware of what the bible says and those principals don't match up with aliens. Sorry. No.
Rainbowcat says – reply to this

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Scientology is a cult. Plus, if I wanted to follow a "religion" dreamed up by a sci-fi writer, I would certainly try to find one founded by a GOOD writer. L. Ron Hubbard was a terrible writer. And what's with the "Celebrity Center", anyway? Just another way for the scientologists to separate stupid celebretards from their money. Earth to Will: Run awaaaaaay! Earth to Tom: Your thetan needs work.
Twaddle says – reply to this

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I missed the part in the Bible that said Hubbard was both God and a bad science fiction writer, a combination that seems highly unlikely to me though Scientologists seem to swallow the idea with no problem.
Witch hunt/Inquisitions all over again says – reply to this

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Give them a break!
What does it matter to you what religion they study and use?
Does it really effect your life in any way shape or form?
Is it a threat to the children of the world?
I know a lot about history, and this is the same kind of talk that started the Spanish Inquisitions, the Salem Witch Trials and the Holocoast.
They all started with lies being spread by extremely evil and ignorant people who would rather see people dead than have some tolerance for other people's religions.
Bigotry is not much different than a virus or a spreading disease.
Sasha says – reply to this

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If anything, Scientology copied some principles from the bible. All of the standard religions are similar in some ways. Scientology to me is a(weird) lifestyle, not a religion.
Hollywood Witch Hunts says – reply to this

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Give them a break!
What does it matter to you what religion they study and use?
Does it really effect your life in any way shape or form?
Is it a threat to the children of the world?
I know a lot about history, and this is the same kind of talk that started the Spanish Inquisitions, the Salem Witch Trials and the Holocaust.
They all started with lies being spread by extremely evil and ignorant people who would rather see people dead than have some tolerance for other people's religions.
Bigotry is not much different than a virus or a spreading disease.
LisaL says – reply to this

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Will Smith is an extremely intelligent man and is entitled to his own opinion! Did you know that before becoming a rapper, he earned a full scholarship to study at MIT? And no it wasn't a sports-related scholarship either!
The Hollywood Inquisitions says – reply to this

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Give them a break!
What does it matter to you what religion they study and use?
Does it really effect your life in any way shape or form?
Is it a threat to the children of the world?
I know a lot about history, and this is the same kind of talk that started the Spanish Inquisitions, the Salem Witch Trials and the Holocaust.
They all started with lies being spread by extremely evil and ignorant people who would rather see people dead than have some tolerance for other people's religions.
Bigotry is not much different than a virus or a spreading disease..
smiff says – reply to this

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where is dj jazzy jeff??
... says – reply to this

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"I know a lot about history, and this is the same kind of talk that started the Spanish Inquisitions, the Salem Witch Trials and the Holocaust."

Those events were obviously wrong. I would not want to see anyone who is in scientology dead, but something tells me scientologists view some people as expendable.
kristin says – reply to this

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he cannot be fucking serious. will, you dumbass, check out scientology-kills.org then tell the world what you think of scientology
Leona'$ Gho$t says – reply to this

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Re: JessR – I think you mean exorbitant, sweetheart. Still, I do so appreciate your attempt to sound intelligent. Absorbent is what you look for in a paper towel or a tampon. And WHILE I'm here: I sure wouldn't be surprised if the pope shows up at the "To Catch A Predator" house with a box of Trojans and a Happy Meal when he visits the U.S. next year on his "Pope and the Pope-ettes" World Tour! Kisses all around the town, L E O N A
VoiceofReason says – reply to this

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Run Will run!!!!!!!!

Someone slap some sense into him before the aliens completely take over him.
Izzy says – reply to this

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If Will Smith did any "study" of $cientology, they probably hooked him up to the e-meter, asked him a BUNCH (hundreds) of personal questions, including about his sex life, and have it all recorded in his auditing file. Once they get the dirt on you, if you say ANYTHING publicly about them that they consider negative, you will get the shit sandwich of a bad PR storm. I am SURE that's why he's not openly calling the cult on it's bullshit. Unless he really has joined it. In which case, he's an IDIOT! $360,000 - the low low price of becoming a human slave.
SUGARPUSS in the SEA says – reply to this

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WiLL SMiTH is SEXY, too bad he's a Scientologist…kinda ODD in a BAD WAY.
Leroy says – reply to this

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What a load of crap scientology says that God was put into our minds by Xenu the space Overlord to fog our minds, yeah ok.
Briann says – reply to this

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"Dude, let me help BOOST those lame ass movie sales! After all people don't view me as an IDIOT… yet!!!"

Will Smiff
... says – reply to this

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I'm not jessr, but based on people's responses I guess they've never heard of homonymic typos before.

It could be that jessr is ignorant, but it could also be they were tired and typed a similar sounding word. I've done that before.
White Chick Counts Will In says – reply to this

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Will has obviously heard or read the inordinate amount of anti-Cruise bashing and is standing up for Tom and being COUNTED. Agree or disagree, he's got guts considering the Scientology twist. He's a good friend.
The more I see of Smith, the more I admire him. He stands on his own.
That goes for Jada and her creative outlet, too.
... says – reply to this

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I think the whole crux of scientology would cause you to never be able to trust people, so I don't see the benefit of getting into it because you'd never be able to trust anyone and they wouldn't be able to trust you.
Hollywood Witch Trials have begun says – reply to this

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Give them a break!
What does it matter to you what religion they study and use?
Does it really effect your life in any way shape or form?
Is it a threat to the children of the world?
I know a lot about history, and this is the same kind of talk that started the Spanish Inquisitions, the Salem Witch Trials and the Holocaust.
They all started with lies being spread by extremely evil and ignorant people who would rather see people dead than have some tolerance for other people’s religions.
Bigotry is not much different than a virus or a spreading disease…
rene says – reply to this

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Re: Erb –
Exactly!!!! Hello…aliens? It is ridiculous to even compare the two.
Lisa Amsterdam Holland says – reply to this

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Why would anyone - with a good working brain - join the Scientology Church? What kind of brainwashing makes a person believe in aliens? Or is it a way to connect with people in the industry, like the Da Vinci Code? So it gives you access and success? I think it is a dangerous cult. It is also very expensive, that is why normal people like you and me don't even get in.
T.M. says – reply to this

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There may be similarities in the Bible to " technologies" in Scienfuckingtology; however 98% is just wrong!
No more Will Smith for me!!!!
These people are very scary and will turn on you in an instant if you say anything against their "church".
Once your are named an " enemy of the church" or a suppressive person all sorts of unexplained mishaps occur.