Tom Cruise: Scientology Helped Me Overcome Dyslexia

MADRID, Spain — Actor Tom Cruise said Scientology teachings helped him overcome childhood dyslexia, a Spanish magazine reported.

Cruise was quoted by Spanish magazine XL Semanal as saying he was diagnosed with the learning disability when he was 7 years old.

Cruise said he was often anxious, frustrated and bored as a youth and couldn't concentrate in class, the magazine reported on its Web site Sunday.

The magazine quoted Cruise as saying he was functionally illiterate when he graduated from school in 1980, but learned to read perfectly as an adult through Scientology technology.

XL Semanal said the interview was conducted in Los Angeles, but did not say when. A transcript of Cruise's original comments in English was not available.

The Church of Scientology was established in 1945 by science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, and claims 10 million members around the world. Cruise and fellow actor John Travolta among its more famed followers.

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Comments

[3fingerbrown]

!tsop dooG .oot aixelsyd ym deruc sah ygolotneicS

[topkatnc]

Talked to any aliens lately ?

[alvdh1]

It is too bad that it didn't help him overcome his ego.

[gr8abz]

I'm dyslexic, have attention span problems and trouble reading -- reading for long stretches is agonizing at times. Whatever worked for him, I can't criticize.

[veganphoto]

How many times is he gonna repeat this story ?

He's been saying this since at least the early 1990s ?

[puggle]

Tom Cruise should be the poster boy for the joke that is Scientology!

[kolorkin]

why is tommy looking so skinny these days. he looks like he has lost a lot of weight. hope it's due to exercise and healthy diet.

[DimariS]

Do you suppose Scientology kicks back a percentage for all the unsuspecting people Tom converts?

[lmvd3]

Blecccchhh.

[Spamzillla]

Cured? Cruise was recently on Letterman... and could barely read the "Top Ten List". He couldn't pronounce "Heimlich Maneuver".

[alanposting]

He is still illiterate.

[NoraJ]

Is this guy capable of talking about anything other than himself? His vanity knows no bounds.

[jotunloki]

L. Ron created scientology on a bet - he had no respect for established religion and bet a friend that he could create a religion just as valid and successful from whole cloth.

[jotunloki]

What a joke.

[EggZacktly]

It now all makes sense, Tom is a functional illiterate. No wonder he was so easily conned by the CoS scam. Remember that as he was writing Dianetics, L. Ron Hubbard was tried and convicted as a confidence artist.
So Tom, ask John Travolta how well Scientology cured his son's epilepsy, perhaps if instead of relying on Scientology cures or Scientologist Doctors he had sought help from real doctors his son would be alive today.

[puggle]

A men!

[Kit]

and he has millions and has made millions for his investors. What have you done lately?

[PaceSetter]

Religion of Scientology = Fleecing Yogis Iron Tool