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I can think of better songs to be performed at a wedding than one which includes the lyric "If you would only love me like you used to do."

I would also like to point out that while I'm an atheist I still get annoyed when people class Scientology as a fake religion. You wouldn't talk about a Jewish "religion" or Christian "religion" and as such it's ignorant and offensive to do so with Scientology.

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This is just a rumor. Tom Cruise doesn't allow his likeness & voice to be used in video games or for action figures, let alone sing. He is the few Hollywood actors who doesn't get involved in things just for the money that includes appearing in adverts and using his image for video game. I'll bet on it he will never release a recored but I hope he appears in a musical movie though.

b0ring, I'm catholic and I totally agree with you about people classing other people's religion as fake or cult is wrong.

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As a Scientologist (25+ years), I thank the others who posted (an atheist and a Catholic) for recognizing that respect for another's religion is a part of protecting and furthering human rights. Especially in today's world, anything that can be done to bring together people is vitally important.

Since 1995, the Church of Scientology has conducted a massive international campaign to get the 1949 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UNDHR) known and in use. The campaign started when it was discovered only 5 percent of the population knew of its existence. Wonderful PSAs (Public Service Announcements) have been produced, free to see at
www.youthforhumanrights.org/watchads/index.html

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Scientology can say its a religioin all it wants - even claim that the IRS says so - but the IRS is not the arbiter of religiosity, just decides what's tax exempt. Hubbard even said it wasn't a religion, but an 'applied religious philosophy.' But that was only after the FDA was looking into their practicing medicine without a license.
It doesn't matter if it's a religion or a floor wax, what matters are the systematic, polic-driven abuses of people and the law.
What does Scientology do to help the homeless and poor, the sick and those in need?

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For those of you who think Scientoogy is a religion check out www.xenu.net or www.scientomogy.com The US is the only goverment in the world that recognizes this cult as a religion and a few have banned it. A judge in CA said of the founder L.Ron that "He is a pathological Liar". As far as the record goes I hope they do make it. It will make K-fed look like a rock star

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You've lost that cultish feeling
woah woah that cultish feeling
You've lost that cultish feeling
Now the moneys gone gone gone
woah woah woah


Weird Al, we need you now more than ever...

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Bigots do not pretend to be supporters of human rights and religious diversity. Under the guise of "protecting and informing others" they beat the same tired old drum.

For those who rant against the Church of Scientology, it must be a bit disconcerting to realize that the effect they have is growing less, as the number of non-Scientologists using the technologies developed by L Ron Hubbard are accelerating. Just one example is at www.VolunteerMinisters.org. That organization is now recognized along with the Red Cross as one of the top 20 disaster relief oganizations in the world.

Anyone can determine the workability of nearly a dozen different Scientology tools for understanding and solving problems in life by visitng www.ScientologyHandbook.org.

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I'd like to join the consensus of the bigotry in applying parentheses to religion when talking about Scientology. I am not a member (I'm a Hindu convert) but I personally don't think Scientology is anymore bizarre than the basis for the Abrahamic religions. I truly am not trying to insult anyone's faith, but I don't see how one can ridicule Scientology yet believe a voice came out of a burning shrub, one man was able to part a sea, etc etc...

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Scientology has only given me strength and the belief in the ability to make a bright future for myself and those around me. It has helped me to define what spirituality is for myself. Thanks to Scientology I am able see my world as an artist sees a canvas: full of possibilities for the creation of beautiful things. I have been able to confront my past and mend any broken fences.

One of the most basic books explaining the principles of Scientology, is the book The Fundamentals of Thought. I like that Scientology fully defines the mind, thought and the spirit, and how they interact.

That said, I think this thing about Tom & Katie recording that song is just a rumor. But if they decided to do something like that, I would say all the more power to them!

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Robert and the other members,

Belive as you wish. You do indeed have that right. Call scientology a religion if thats what it is to you.
Its not that part the critics speak out against. Its the very bad behavior of scientology.
Every link you have listed is useless. You can't back up your claims with scientology links. Show us an independent source that so many non members are using the tech. That your numbers are increasing when every sign shows there are less than half a million members.
I don't think Cruise will make the record either. It would be foolish of both of them to even try it. And as many bad decisions he has made I don't think he is foolish.
As for the scientology stuff everyone wrote about. Look at the scientology site like they listed. its at scientology.com
Then go look at xenu.net and xenutv.com and see the other side. Look, read, learn and make up your one mind. Critics have no problem telling you to look at both sides and even listing links for both. Will a scientology member do the same here? Or is it forbiden?

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I would like to know if I could join the Church of Scientology without spending money. The faith I currently subscribe to does not require me to spend money to be a member and part of the community. From what I understand, the same is not true for Scientology. How much does it cost?

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Doesn't it strike the members of Scientology odd that the creator of their "religion" is quoted as saying "I should make up a religion, that's where the real money is." That, combined with the fact that he was a SCIENCE FICTION writer should be enough to keep any level minded person away from the con that is scientology. They take your money, make you seperate yourself from anyone in your life that doesn't believe, and fill your head with very silly ideas. I find it really sad that so many people out there are weak enough to let this cult tell them what to do. Just look at how Katie Holmes has changed since getting together with Tom Cruise...it's scary. I don't know why her parents haven't yanked her out of it, and back into reality. I bet it's because the cult has threatened them against doing so.....after all, threatening people is what scientologist do best.

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Why write "religion" (quoted, used as sly ironic put down)? The world's foremost religious scholars and theologians --including the Vatican's advisor on non-Catholic religions and the head of Japan's oldest relgion -- agree that Scientology is a religion in every aspect. Read their findings at: www.bonafidescientology.org/Append/07/index.htm

Fortunately, just from Scientology's disaster and trauma relief protocols developed by L Ron Hubbard, more than 50,000 non-Scientologists now know that -- even if they do not subscribe to the relgious philosophy of Scientology -- they can definitely use its many breakthroughs to help people. See, www.VolunteerMinisters.org.

Perhaps what really is bizarre is that this society actually pays (through taxes and insurance premiums) to have its citizens, including infants as young as 1 year of age -- to be legally drugged when even psychiatrists are now on record saying that there's no proof of "chemical imbalance." See the just released DVD "Psychiatry Industry of Death" (www.cchr.org).

Cruise is successful, found a lady he loves and together building a life of happiness. Good for them!

James Lightfield

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The reason that Church of Scientology is bad is not because it has weird beliefs. Nearly ever religion has a bunch of odd concepts that its adherents are to take on faith.

The Church of Scientology is bad because is systematically defrauds and abuses people. The Church of Scientology is bad because it advocates lying. The Church of Scientology is bad because it advocates the use of Fair Game against its critics. The Church of Scientology is bad because it destroys families. The Church of Scientology is bad because it teaches it members (like Lisa McPherson and Ellie Perkins) that Scientology can cure mental illness. Belief in Scientology led both women to their deaths.

Believe in purple unicorns from Venus, or burning bushes, or what-have-you.

But when your organization hurts people then it should be exposed.

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