6:59 pm - 01/09/2013
About two years ago, Lawrence Wright dropped a 26-page journalism bomb about Paul Haggis's departure from the Church of Scientology. It appears that was just the tip of the iceberg, as he has a new book on the religion, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, coming out later this month. The Hollywood Reporter excerpted a portion about Tom Cruise, Scientology leader David Miscavige, and Sea Orgs (the church's "elite clergy"). Here's what we learned:
1. Cruise modeled his A Few Good Men character on Miscavige, "a fact that the Church leader liked to brag about."
2. One time when Cruise audited former Sea Org Marc Headley, Kirstie Alley was there. Headley decribed her as a "celebrity prop" because she mostly just read.
3. Between 2000 and 2004, the food costs for the Miscaviges and his guests would range between $3,000 to as much as $20,000 a week.
4. Miscavige would have his light bulbs polished once a month.
5. "Miscavige keeps a number of dogs, including five beagles. He had blue vests made up for each of them, with four stripes on the shoulder epaulets, indicating the rank of Sea Org Captain. He insists that people salute the dogs as they parade by. The dogs have a treadmill where they work out. A full-time staff member feeds, walks and trains the dogs and enters one of them, Jelly, into contests, where he has attained championship status."
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This article doesn't mention it, but THR also published an excerpt from the book on John Travolta.
Source
shake off dem thetans, it's $cientology post
About two years ago, Lawrence Wright dropped a 26-page journalism bomb about Paul Haggis's departure from the Church of Scientology. It appears that was just the tip of the iceberg, as he has a new book on the religion, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, coming out later this month. The Hollywood Reporter excerpted a portion about Tom Cruise, Scientology leader David Miscavige, and Sea Orgs (the church's "elite clergy"). Here's what we learned:1. Cruise modeled his A Few Good Men character on Miscavige, "a fact that the Church leader liked to brag about."
2. One time when Cruise audited former Sea Org Marc Headley, Kirstie Alley was there. Headley decribed her as a "celebrity prop" because she mostly just read.
3. Between 2000 and 2004, the food costs for the Miscaviges and his guests would range between $3,000 to as much as $20,000 a week.
4. Miscavige would have his light bulbs polished once a month.
5. "Miscavige keeps a number of dogs, including five beagles. He had blue vests made up for each of them, with four stripes on the shoulder epaulets, indicating the rank of Sea Org Captain. He insists that people salute the dogs as they parade by. The dogs have a treadmill where they work out. A full-time staff member feeds, walks and trains the dogs and enters one of them, Jelly, into contests, where he has attained championship status."
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This article doesn't mention it, but THR also published an excerpt from the book on John Travolta.
Source
I read polishing lightbulbs as meaning Tom Cruise sucking his balls tbh.
ohhh
i get it now
Or, well, something genital related at least.
im so late to this post whyy
It's scary, because there are thousands of Scientologists throughout the world. There are more of them than there were people involved in Waco or Jonestown.
Edit: I'm thinking of the other one downtown. So now the Greater Sacramento are has at least 4 Scientology Churches because there's one in Fair Oaks and another in Folsom I think. jfc
Edited at 2013-01-10 02:47 am (UTC)
this is so fucking beautiful and romantic tbh.
also
A full-time staff member feeds, walks and trains the dogs and enters one of them
I had to reread that twice bc of the line break
lolololol
Wait...what? Clinton is involved in these shennanigans? Oh hell no.
my friend went to some outreach event near where we live and she's a heathen like me so she was completely freaked out. she says they stretch out songs for like 10 minutes, and lower the lights, and have people speaking in tongues and sobbing all to bombard your senses & the people that work there went up to their group and told them all about the ~visions~ they had about them and the ~things god put on their hearts~ to share, just to make them even more emotional. she said it was really manipulative and like jesus camp for adults. i heard it's hell for the people who work there too, it's such a fucking mess and i hate how many people i know irl are always raving about it
Oh well, I have never seen it, I don't go downtown very often (just to go to the zoo or Comic-Con).
Cruise agreed. "If f--ing Arnold can be governor, I could be president."
Miscavige responded, "Well, absolutely, Tom.".
OH LORD THIS IS SOME NICK BRODY SHIT RIGHT HERE!!!
idk how to feel about carrie since she started fucking brody.
lol i love this
I like to picture them just trotting along, minding their own business, enjoying their snazzy coats and seeing all of these humans saluting them and being like O.o bitch pleaseeeee.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Davi
lol lbr they prob sacrificed her 2 xenu