KSW Scientology and Tom Cruise
Why was Tom Cruise's Video Pulled from YouTube?
After all of the slander and speculation that's been seen, heard and talked about involving Tom Cruise and his Scientology beliefs, I didn't know what to believe because I never honestly took the time to learn about Scientology and why an individual might be interested in becoming a part of this religion. I watched the 9 minute video that consisted of Cruise responding to what I assume would be a series of questions regarding his beliefs (no interviewer was present or heard during the video). Cruise discussed several topics in relation to Scientology and KSW.
Scientology consists of beliefs and practices that were originally developed by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard in 1952. Scientology was a successor of Dianetics, his earlier created self help system. Hubbard eventually characterized Scientology as an 'applied religious philosophy' that became the basis for a new religion. Scientology consists of philosophies and techniques for spiritual rehabilitation and also explores morals, ethics, detoxification, education and management. Scientology is both practiced and promoted through the Church of Scientology which was first founded in 1953.
As Cruise began the interview, he began by talking about how Scientology is something that you have to earn, you can't be it, you have to achieve it. And once you've earned it, then you'll be able to see things the way they really are, and by applying the teachings of Scientology, you'll have the capabilities to create a new reality.
By applying KSW to everyday situations, Cruise believes that Scientology can help to make changes. KSW or "Keeping Scientology Working" is considered to be the most important part of Scientology. It is where any Scientologist is sternly cautioned to always control the use of Scientology and ensure that there is no wavering from Hubbard's teachings. Scientologists believe that it is their responsibility to help others through Scientology teachings, and Cruise talks a lot about this during the video.
He states that Scientology is the authority on getting people off drugs, the authority on the mind, the authority on improving conditions, the authority on criminal rehabilitation, the authority on the way to happiness, the authority on peace and the authority on uniting cultures. He believes that by using these steps to help people he can create a new reality. He claims that since becoming a Scientologist, this is how he does things, this is how things should be done and if you are going to do things, you should do it the right way, the Scientologist way.
He says that he has no problem putting ethics into people; because he respects people who try to put their ethics into someone else therefore he sees no problem in doing that. He claims that 'people are depending on us', but who? Where? And for what? He states that he'd love nothing more than to live a normal life, to go on vacation and spend time with people he loves, but 'knowing what he knows' he can't not do anything; he always has to be doing something to create a new reality.
Now I understand having beliefs in something and having spirituality; and I can understand when individuals believe that their religion is the 'right' religion, that it is better than all the others. But what I believe is that the religion you choose to practice is the best religion for you, it may not be the best for everyone. What I gathered from this video, and please feel free to agree or disagree, is that Cruise, in essence, is stating that Scientology is the authority on any and all improvements that need to be made in society, that only they have the power and the responsibility to make change happen, and that everyone else is too busy going on vacation to try and make a difference.
I believe that the reason this video was pulled is because while Scientologists have these beliefs, they don't make it their life's work to slander everyone who may not hold the same beliefs. They work hard to help people and to make a difference, and I'd only hope that they would help people even if they didn't convert to Scientology. In this video, Cruise, to put it plainly, is acting far superior to anyone who is not a Scientologist, he preaches how its his responsibility to fix things, and that only Scientologists can understand the drive to want to make the world a better place. Personally I think its awful. No one person should ever think they are better than someone else based on gender, race, age, religion, etc. He makes the viewer believe that in order to help, you must become a Scientologist, and that's wrong.
I feel this video is very unflattering for both Cruise and Scientologists and definitely discourages people from considering Scientology as an option for spiritual guidance. But hey, that's just my take on it. Check out the video for yourself!
Sources:
"Scientology", Wikipedia
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11 Comments
Post a CommentTom Cruise is an idiot
self rightous but blinded by his own rediculous thoughts
be a sad day for him when he meets the maker
religon in the world has been twisted to fit our own personal life styles
GOD created us to worship him and for no other reason
The fact that we have forgotten him is why we are where we are
Atheism, free thinking - that man is supreme, evolution, etc. is all there to create doubt and disbeleif in the creation
A strand of DNA from a 1 celled organism is so perfect in design it is ignorant to beleive that it could evolve from nothing
The world and each of us was designed to last forever
The only thing you can be thankful for is that without sin you would not be here
We all have a choice and deep down, common sence tells us right from wrong
the biggest lie in the world is believing that satin does not exist
I didin't see the video, but it sounds to me that you have someone trying to use religion to force their ideas on others and to claim that if you are different from me, you're not as good as me. How annoying. I had so much respect for Tom Cruise. All gone now. I have very little patience for this sort of thinking. Great article. Well written.
Tom Cruise gives me the creeps, especially since his family has matching hair cuts.
Like you said, I, too, think that people believe what suites them best. It just so happens that Scientology justifies the egocentric nature of Tom Cruise and other self-righteous celebrities. However, I do believe it serves a purpose...to convince rich, attention-whore celebrities to be better people. I don't know how Scientology has managed to do this, being that it's mythology is ridiculous and it's so obviously made-up by L. Ron Hubbard. It's like the religion, Bokonism, in Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle. The believers of that religion know it's fake but believe anyway. I guess if a belief fills that "void" in a person's spirit, it really doesn't matter how ridiculous and self-righteous it may be.
If you're interested, check out my article on Scientologist mythology at: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/111132/what_do_scientologists_believe.html
Thanks! I'll check out the video.
Cruise and Scientologists are notoriously lawsuit happy against their opponents, so pulling the video was no surprise.
cool. very interesting.
Well done article.
he's such a nutter butter. but dare i say, his 'superiority' issues regarding his religion seems rooted in one of the major monotheistic religions. 'cause let's face it, all three have MAJOR superiority issues...thus all the fighting and wars. like i said. he's a nutter butter.
It's ironic that Scientologists are supposed to follow certain "morals" yet he divorced his wife and had a baby before marrying his second wife. I think the whole "religion" is just a joke, but you did a fine job reporting it.