The very bizarre sect/religion known as Scientology is making news again, and this time the truth is harsher than usual. Tales of abuse, ranging all the way from physical to mental and emotional, abound. And yet, celebrities still seem to drink the Kool-Aid known as Scientology. Even though Tom Cruise is beyond crazy and I have personally vowed to never see his movies again (not that he cares but it is the principle of the matter - I cannot in good conscience support a lunatic who refuses help), he is not the issue at hand.

The real issue? The issue is that we need to not blindly play the game of Follow The Leader. That is what Cruise has done… blindly played Follow The Leader. In this case, the “leader” in question is a man by the name of L. Ron Hubbard. Not to intentionally be offensive but here is the reality. While Cruise admittedly cannot read or write, he can go on national television with the medical certainty/knowledge of a trained medical doctor (he has)?!? Should the general population of the United States listen to a man (Cruise) who cannot read, but like Mary Baker Eddy and Joseph Smith (to name just two) before him, helped push a religion based on nothing more than his imagination? While creative, it does nothing but confuse most of the population who see John Travolta, Tom Cruise, and other famous names babbling on about the virtues of this so-called religion.

I have nothing personally against Tom Cruise. I haven’t ever met him and doubt that I ever will. However, if I did meet him, he would probably take quick aim at my Christianity - pointing to the Crusades, the murders, the plundering… all done in the name of Christ. He would likely ask me to prove that my religion is true, which of course is not possible for anyone of any faith, and then ask me how we are really that different in our viewpoints.

While faith is just that - faith and faith alone - one thing is certain. God gave us all a brain which, like many members of general society, some celebrities choose not to use. It is a faith and strength (cowardness sometimes as in Jim Jones’ case? If you didn’t know, he couldn’t do it himself - do as I say, not as I do type of thing…) that even Jones himself held within. It’s the strength we each have to use our brain… and therefore proactively choose to not pick up that glass of Kool-Aid….