Well, I don’t know what to believe anymore. Last week, author Andrew Morton announced the release of his unauthorized Tom Cruise biography, stating Cruise was No. 2 in command in the Church of Scientology. Then I heard Cruise was upset because he’s actually No. 1, the head honcho, Ruler of Earth Forces Galactica, etc.

According to an AP story, however, he’s just “a Scientology parishioner and holds no official or unofficial position in the Church hierarchy.” Sigh… These religious battles really get to me. I mean, these are the people from which I draw inspiration and muster the strength to live each day to its fullest. And if Cruise is just “some guy,” instead of Supreme Admiral of Western Forces in the Church of Scientology, then should I be adhering to his teachings? Something to ponder, for sure.

In case you want to see the incredibly disturbing video that Scientology uses to recruit men, women and oompa-loompas, you can find it here. No one under 21, please. Or those easily creeped out by psychopaths.

Allow me to share a few highlights with you:

“Being a Scientologist, when you drive past an accident, it’s not like anyone else; 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.”

Ah yes! I remember that story from the Bible. The priest walks by the guy who was robbed, then the Levite, then the Samaritan. However, only a few translations have the part about when the Scientologist walks by and donates his life energy to the man’s aura. It’s really quite moving. Xenu, the alien ruler of the Galactic Confederacy, could be heard playing Sarah McLachlan’s “I Will Remember You” from his spaceship above.

Also, I highly recommend reading the viewer’s responses below the video. Here are some highlights: “It sounds like he just ripped off the story arc of Spider-Man 2.” Or, “Wow, he really doesn’t do well without a script- all the nonsensical bursts of laughter, the knee-slapping, the hand motions? If there’s anything better than 9 straight minutes of hearing the Mission Impossible theme on loop, it’s hearing Tom say he wishes he could “romp and play”. When I heard that I had an image of him dressed as Little Lord Fauntleroy prancing around in a garden”

Back in 2005, Cruise made some astounding comments to Matt Lauer on the “Today Show.” Enjoy:

There is no such thing as a chemical imbalance….You don’t know the history of psychiatry. I do….The thing that I’m saying about Brooke [Sheilds] is that there’s misinformation, okay. And she doesn’t understand the history of psychiatry. She– she doesn’t understand in the same way that you don’t understand it.

Ahhh, breathe it in! The arrogance is a little astounding to be honest. I mean, let’s get real. How many really good movies has this guy made? And we’re going to let these insane rants fly? Okay, well I guess he was pretty well criticized by anyone with a pulse in 2005, but still. I’m thinking a global, or at least national shunning is in order.

I’ll leave you with one last response to the Scientology video from Dave J. Enjoy:

“What’s the word for when a person is speaking and they pause for a really long time and you think they are going to say something utterly profound and then they just say some cliched bullshit or something completely inane? That’s what he does.
‘When I travel around the world and I meet the leaders that I’ve met…(long pause)…I want to help.’
Oh.”