Ex-Scientologists: Threat Of A Tom Cruise Beatdown Used Against Disobedient Members

nydailynews.com:

Did Tom Cruise offer to personally "beat the living [bleep]" out of disobedient Scientologists?

Cruise's lawyer and church spokesmen vigorously dispute the claim, but a former high-ranking Scientologist official says he "documented" that church leader David Miscavige once asserted that Cruise would lend his "Top Gun" muscle to do just that.

Read the whole story: nydailynews.com

Comments

[CoconutLime]

03:33 PM on 11/10/2009

I think that should read, "Threat Of A Tom Cruise Beatoff Used Against Straight People."

[balancedsolution]

01:06 AM on 11/10/2009

All religions are cults.

If you are in a religion and can't tolerate others than you don't know the true nature of the creator.

Religions that kill aren't truly religions, they are gangs using religion and mind control to gain power/mone­y.

[sheila]

12:28 AM on 11/10/2009

will you have to dig your own ditch so you can stand in it while he beats you? i believe that's how they shot Top Gun, with Kelly McGillis walking in trenches next to him so she wouldn't loom over him...

[cybolt]

03:53 AM on 11/10/2009

That's how they used to do the old westerns w/ Alan Ladd.

[ChelseaC]

10:00 PM on 11/09/2009

Why is this guy still famous?

[sparky09]

09:07 PM on 11/09/2009

W.T.F...? Tom Cruise probably couldn't beat himself out of a pair of women's stockings.­..The very ones he has on right now...

[zombywulf]

07:49 PM on 11/09/2009

All of this nonscense just because SF editor John Campbell bet LRon he couldn't start a phoney church.

[angelv]

12:10 PM on 11/10/2009

John Campbell, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Heinlein..­..who made the bet?

[mrsLambert]

05:08 PM on 11/09/2009

So... did Tom Cruise help David Miscavige beat his staff? Or was that just a slippery dream David Miscavige had....

[CoconutLime]

03:34 PM on 11/10/2009

No, Cruise and Miscavige "beat" the staff. LOL

[ndifference]

04:50 PM on 11/09/2009

If I had known I could fight Tom Cruise, I would have joined the cult years ago.

[merger]

12:45 AM on 11/10/2009

LOL

[mrsLambert]

04:10 PM on 11/09/2009

If you are a Scientolog­ist in Sea Org and you are tired of all the bullcrap and are wanting to leave, you will most likely need some help as they don't pay very well and you most likely don't have a vehicle or credit card.
Bear in mind, if you DO have a credit card, OSA has all the informatio­n and if you use the credit card to get an travel ticket or hotel room, hell if you use it at all, they will be able to track you. Call the number below before making any plans. They will be able to help you make your escape as easy and painless as possible.

http://www­.exseaorg.­com/
or call In USA and Canada Call toll free 1-866-XSEA­ORG .

That's 1 866- 973-2674 This is a good number to call to hook up with old friends or find a place to stay if you're just out..

In UK (London) call 0208 864 4940.

The St Petersburg Times has written up an expose about leaving the church entitled
"Chased by their church: When you try to leave Scientolog­y, they try to bring you back"
http://www­.tampabay.­com/news/a­rticle1012­148.ece
It is quite an interestin­g read and may help you understand what you will be up against.

Mike Rinder blew, you can too

[sandyra]

05:15 PM on 11/09/2009

If this is true (not a joke or sarcasm) then I am truly sorry for these people who got involved with this 'cult'. What a sad state of affairs this world is in if this so-called 'religion' can prey on it's members at will and destroy them should they wish to leave. Very, very scary...

[sandyra]

02:10 PM on 11/09/2009

I watched an expose on Scientolog­y in Britain where a newswoman attempted to join up and was told to write down on paper all of her sex partners, what kind of sex she had had, anything that would be considered sexually aberrent , any crimes she had ever done, etc. When she asked why they wanted to know these things she was told it was so they could help her "get clear". The confession was then taken away from her. Can you imagine how powerful a written statement by someone, anyone, could be turned against them if an organizati­on wanted to hurt that person?
Any "religion" that uses confidenti­al confession­s as a means of keeping a member silent should have it's tax exempt license removed and the leaders incarcerat­ed for blackmail.
I watched Mr. Cruise's interview about Scientolog­y. Even though I listened quite carefully he said nothing. He commented about bettering the planet and doing something(­s) about it, never specifying what. Everything he said was vague accompanie­d by lots of laughter. I, on the other hand, was very uneasy with his "glibness"­. He talked about "doing things" and making the world a better place and not being a spectator walking past an accident but taking "control" (key word here) of the situation but, seriously, besides continuall­y saving the world in his ridiculous movies, WHAT HAS HE EVER DONE THAT WE, THE PUBLIC, KNOW ABOUT that has "bettered the world"??

[mrsLambert]

05:16 PM on 11/09/2009

He tried to better the world by claiming to be able to cure NY firefighte­rs from the things they inhaled during rescue ops during 9/11.

From Fox News:
http://www­.foxnews.c­om/story/0­,2933,2669­67,00.html#1
Tom Cruise comes to New York on Thursday night, hoping to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for Scientolog­y. He’s doing it under the guise of a detox program for members of the New York Fire Department who participat­ed in the 9/11 clean-up.

There’s only problem: No one from the hierarchy of the FDNY endorses this program. The people I’ve talked to are furious with Cruise, and want the rank and file of firemen in New York to stay away from it.

Indeed, what I’m hearing are stories of firemen who accepted free treatment, only to be swallowed into Scientolog­y. And while tonight’s event is billed as a “fundraise­r,” I’m also told that firemen and their families aren’t paying for their own tickets.

The detox program is nothing new, either, say critics of Scientolog­y. It’s just the group’s program called Purificati­on Rundown. The course has been around a long time and has no scientific or medicinal value that can be proven by any physicians other than Scientolog­ists.

[mrsLambert]

05:19 PM on 11/09/2009

Outspoken actor Tom Cruise has been criticized by firefighte­rs suffering the effects of smoke inhalation from the World Trade Center terrorist attacks for his controvers­ial views on their treatment.

The Scientolog­y devotee has urged emergency services victims to give up their medication and inhalers as part of a 'purificat­ion rundown,’ which favors sauna sessions, ingestion of cooking oil and large doses of niacin as cures instead.

As co-founder of the New York Rescue Workers Detoxifica­tion Project, Cruise has also supported a new Scientolog­y clinic preaching these remedies near the Ground Zero site.

But the unorthodox therapy has been slammed as ridiculous and potentiall­y harmful by members of the medical profession­, as well as sufferers themselves­.

http://www­.hollywood­.com/news/­Cruise_Bla­sted_by_91­1_Firefigh­ters/34721­60

[ColoradoDan]

01:37 PM on 11/09/2009

... and as far as what goes on in Hemet: Marc Headley's book just came out.

http://blo­gs.village­voice.com/­runninscar­ed/archive­s/2009/11/­tom_cruise­_was.php

[ColoradoDan]

01:17 PM on 11/09/2009

http://www­.amazon.co­m/Complex-­Insider-Ex­poses-Cove­rt-Sciento­logy/dp/19­03582849/r­ef=sr_1_1?ie­=UTF8&s=bo­oks&qid=12­57790464&s­r=8-1

Great book but hard to get now!

Tom doesn't mince words ... or anything so watch out!

http://www­.youtube.c­om/watch?v­=UFBZ_uAbx­S0

[fabricnthreads]

01:12 PM on 11/09/2009

creepy stuff

[ontariogirl]

12:31 PM on 11/09/2009

Hmmm my comment still wasn't posted. Very scrutinzed on this one I suppose.

[fabricnthreads]

01:57 PM on 11/09/2009

Heavy moderation on the former Alaskan beauty queen's articles, too.

[omobob]

10:22 AM on 11/09/2009

" “the Tom Cruise arrival preparatio­n drill?” " “the Tom Cruise arrival preparatio­n drill?” Had to say it twice. Does his holiness have a "Tom-Mobil­e" to ride in? OMG. or TOM?

[Yepperday]

01:07 PM on 11/09/2009

That's exactly how you know there's truth to this item. Everything they do is a drill or a cycle or a rundown, or something like that. It's their lingo, for sure.

[Hammerlock]

01:35 PM on 11/09/2009

Yep, they carefully script and choreograp­h their celebrity visits. They even planted a field of flowers so Tom and Nichole could walk through it.

Their entire cachet (such as it is) is based around clutching tightly onto celebritie­s. Even one of their downtown LA "churches" is formally called the "celebrity centre"