Kirstie Alley's Scientology Pamphlet & $5 M Donation

Now a promo pamphlet featuring actress Kirstie Alley from last September has surfaced. Two things come to mind right away: one, that cracks seem to be appearing the previously formidable Scientology wall of silence. The second, for now, is Kirstie Alley is a lot nuttier than previously thought.

Alley says in the brochure that getting into the top echelon of Scientology, called Flag, changed her whole viewpoint on people. Yes, people, Like us. Those kinds of people.

Prior to that, she says, "You know, I liked animals more than people! OK, I liked people -- certain people, but the idea of 'mankind' -- it really irritated me! ... Now I have definite affinity for mankind and I'm up taking genuine responsibility for mankind."

Alley, whose career has been mostly a muddle since Cheers went off the air in the 1990s, is described in the piece as a "Solo NOTS Auditor, Diamond Meritorious of the IAS and a founding member of the Super Expansion Project."

What does all that mean?

Well, Solo Nots Auditor is a high level Scientologist who spends several hours a day, according to their glossary, exorcising "body thetans" or aliens who are stuck to their bodies. Diamond Meritorious is more interesting. This means Alley has donated a staggering $5 million to the International Association of Scientology.

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Comments

[knerd]

Context is all.

In my view, Kristie's "definite affinity for mankind" and her new-found responsibility toward it is a good thing. So I officially pronounce her pronouncements "NON-NUTTY."

The term "cult" is a word that is too often used in what passes for "religious dialogue." It basically says that "our foundational myths for our beliefs are true and yours are nuts."
If Scientology is in fact a religion--and I have no idea whether it is or not--it is a fairly RECENT one.

Unfortunately--like Mormonism-­-Scientolo­gy's short historical distance from the time of its initial birth leaves it wide open to criticism and ridicule from more established schools of thought.

After all, even agnostics and atheists have come to "accept" that Christians believe that snakes talk, a first-century Jew walked on water and came back to life three days after he was capitally punished.

Outside of Scientology, most of us totally dismiss "exorcising body thetans" as even a valid OPTION of belief--let alone a tenet of a religion.

[TJS]

Scientology is very good at three things: (1) Separating naive people from their money. (2) Viciously going after its critics. (3) Catering to the fragile egos of Hollywood stars.

Kirstie Alley is moderately talented actress with obvious emotional problems. Scientology plays on her insecurities, while disparaging any competent psychiatric treatment that might help her... And they fleece her of five million!

[truthyguy]

That $5 million could have done some real good if, for example, it was contributed to medical research or to any legitimate educational institution or .... anything but this group of whackos.

How did this idiot accumulate so much money? You think TV commercial actresses are paid too much?!

[dax49]

this blog would be better served investigating donations made to people like pat robertson and those criminals

[Binturong]

Honey, those aren't aliens stuck to your body, thats just plain old cellulite. And the "super expansion project" is why you called Jenny in the first place-

[BushBites]

And, by the way, ANY religion looks goofy if you lay it's beliefs out in black and white.

[BushBites]

Why is HuffPo running anything from Fox News?