Will Smith Donates Over $1 Million To Fund Scientology School

Fox News:

Hollywood power couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith have won critical acclaim for pumping nearly $1 million of their own money into a new private school that will offer organic meals, laptops for every student and an environment of learning based on "equity" and "respect" to create "citizens of the world."

Here's what the parents of the school's pupils aren't being told:

The New Village Academy plans to use some teaching methods developed within the Church of Scientology and has hired a team of Scientologists to put them into action.

Pinkett-Smith, who currently home-schools the couple's two children, has long been talking about opening up a school where Jaden, 9, and Willow, 7, can continue to receive an education in line with their beliefs, friends told FOXNews.com.

So she and her actor husband are bankrolling the pre-kindergarten through sixth grade school in Calabasas, Calif., and they have selected a group of Scientologists, including the Director of Learning, Director of Qualifications and Artistic Director, to create that atmosphere.

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Comments

[InofTouch]

geez a religion that dosen't interfere with the public and politics and keep it to it self and we get madder then the ones who are always interfearing in the public and politics.

It easy to pick on Scientology because it harder to attack catholic church.

[Princesspeach]

Doesn't interfere with the public or politics???? Um...you need to do a little research on Scientology's "efforts" in the public and political arenas, dude. You want to read some scary stuff? Try going to www.xenu.net and www.lermanet.com and find out just how far into "the public" and "politics" this "religion" aims to interfere

[RedWhiteandBlueState]

I know, I know. The Catholics and the Jews have no political lobbyists. It's so scary! Eeeek!

[Eoin45]

InofTouoch, you simply don't know what you're talking about.

[InofTouch]

and either do you from the comment you left behind as well

[ChicagoBob]

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One has to wonder what need Scientology fills in the lives of these people.

Then again, one has to wonder what need Christianity, Islam, and you-name-it fills in the lives of so many others.

It's a choice on the part of the adults and in our system parents are allowed to control the choices of their children. If you raise your kids in a "Christian" home and send them to a Christian school and think it's the right thing to do then don't complain about people who raise their children is a "Scientology" home, or school.

Actually, I have to congratulate the Scientology people. They have found a way to effectively transfer wealth from the needy rich (and the needy poor) to the church's accounts. It's a good business model. It's been used for thousands of years by others.

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[Princesspeach]

At least if you want to leave Christianity, you won't have to change your address, telephone number, job, and and essentially "disappear" until they finally leave you alone or drive you insane.

[wedgie]

Yeah. That's it for me too with Will.

No more of his movies.

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[strifeknot]

I'm all for boycotting Smith's films on the grounds that he's a crappy actor, but doing so for this donation is pretty stupid. Would you boycott him if her were donating to Catholic schools?

[andvoodoo2]

Okay Will. That does it. It's official. You have the stink of Scientology on you and we don't like you anymore and we won't go see you in anything you do.

[NoSillyName]

Oh, and Will Smith keeps insisting that he's "not a scientologist". Methinks the gentleman protests too much. Don't know about Jada.

[progressthought]

the pursuit of crazyness

[CalvinistHobbesian]

AWWW.. HELL NO!

[robXdion]

Very disappointing. Like "invasion of the body snatchers". Better yet, it's like Will and Jada got infected by the same virus on "I am Legend".

[paganmist]

No, Will. NOT YOU TOO.

NOT YOU TOO

[LumberingOaf]

Oh yeah, him too. The list of actors whose movies I won't go see just got longer. (Although, truth be told, I haven't watched any of his movies since that Independence Day piece of crap.)

[CalvinistHobbesian]

That hack job on I Robot did it for me.

[kellygrrrl]

yup! 100% indoctrinated -- and I suspect there might be a little more to his "friendship" with Tom

I live right by Will and Jada and it's kind of common knowledge as to her "preferences"

[andvoodoo2]

Wait!
Details, kelly, DETAILS!
Whose "preferences"? You said "her". "Her" Jada or "her" Tom in a skirt? "Her" as in Jada and Tom, or "her" as in the gay "her"? Don't leave me hangin', girlfriend!