Will Smith On Scientology
December 6, 2008
Will Smith just can’t get away from being linked to Scientology. Here he sets the record straight with his response when asked by Newsweek to clarify if he is a Scientologist:
“No, but when people are afraid of religion they have to go back and get in touch with the Good Book. Fear of other religions means you’re questioning your own understanding, and that’s just not where I am.”
“I love the nature of humanity’s search for meaning. For me I’m certain about my relationship with the model of perfection of human life that’s laid out with the life of Jesus Christ. I’m certain of that. I’m at home and not fearful when I sit in a mosque or a synagogue or a Buddhist temple, the same way that I’m home in the Church of Scientology. I like anywhere people are searching for the truth, and I respect their path and I’m intrigued by their path.”
“I think when you are certain in and of what you believe in, you can open your mind to seeing the ways of others.”
December 6th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Christ told him to stay away from Bethals.
6 A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? 7 Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible. 8 And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts. 9 And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts. 10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. 11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts. 12 But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. 13 Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD. 14 But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen. Malachi
December 8th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
I don’t hate any religion but I am very weary of religions that center around the issues of scientology without actually professing it.
December 8th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
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December 29th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
If I were a Christian (believer in Jesus Christ), and someone was accusing me of belonging to a cult (i.e. Scientology et al), I would be HIGHLY offended and indignant and go out of my way to set the record straight. It has NOTHING to do with fear of “other religions.” It has to do with offending the Lord who I profess as my Savior. It’s along the lines of insulting my mother, but worse, because the Lord means everything to me. Will Smith seems like he doesn’t want to “offend” anyone, and in that frame of mind, he is offending everyone who professes Jesus as Lord. Either you are for Him and you aren’t. There is no pleasing everybody; middle of the road. Where do you stand, Will?
January 26th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
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April 26th, 2010 at 8:55 am
Many people, primarily Christians from what I’ve seen, are afraid to
explore other religions. The excuse is to “not offend Christ”, but the
true reason is that people wonder if their religion is true, even when
they believe it is. Christianity matches with many other religions
closely, there is no reason to look down on them when you have your
chosen one. As Will has said before, he follows World Religion, meaning
he looks at it all and picks pieces from each. This is called being
eclectic, and there is nothing wrong with that.
June 20th, 2010 at 5:30 am
Quite frankly, I find it juvenile that adults who are supposed to be
so great and mature and all this nonsense are arguing so avidly about
the topic of religion. Most of you with half a brain have probably
already guessed that I’m an Atheist, if you did, you’d be correct.
Moving on, do any of you comprehend how utterly ludicrous it is to
care so much about someone else’s faith? I don’t hate belief in
greater powers, or divine creators and what not, and I’m not offended
by the same unless it’s pushed unto me by believers. Who cares if Will
Smith is a Christian, Scientologist, Muslim, or a fucking Buddhist?
Grow the fuck up and leave be what needs be left alone.
In short: Get a life.
July 21st, 2010 at 11:28 pm
I completely agree with Will. I am a Christian and set in my beliefs, but that doesnt mean I’m not curious about other people’s religion. I think it’s fascinating some of the things people believe in. Wouldn’t mind sitting in on Scientology, because I think they are a complete joke and it would be amusing.
October 19th, 2010 at 4:28 pm
how did he set the record straight? he said that he is “at home” in different churches even scientology? I dont like to be critical about things. I like to get both sides of the story but the side Ive heard about scientology is the side about xenu and the south park episode. ive search the internet and cant find anything except scientologist hiding or avoiding the questions. Hard to believe that such admired people like smith and cruise can believe such a story by a man that writes sci-fi. i guess its tru what they say ..just cuz he’s rich and famous dont mean he’s smart.
November 28th, 2010 at 10:01 pm
Get both sides of the story? If i wanted to find out about something i would go to the source? Have you tried that? One thing i would not do is judge something that i dont really know anything about but there you go thats just me. Alot of people who are critical of Scientology dont know anything about it just bits and pieces that they stick together to get a wrong impression of what it is and what it has to offer a person. People like to associate L.Ron Hubbard with being a sci-fi writer so they can easily dismiss Scientology. Heres an idea go read a Scientology book and see if there is anything in it or not rather than searching the internet for comments for and against it! I myself believe that any religion generally is a good thing in that it instills morals and ethics in the individual. I was born and raised catholic and i remember going to confession as a kid. I used to make stuff up rather than tell the things that i had really done about which i felt guilty or that i felt i should not have done or that i was ashamed off. Did i feel any better coming out? No! When i first went to Scientology( the reason i went was to get off drugs but thats another story) as part of the course i was doing i had to write up all the bad things i did, i dithered and draged it out and basically i wrote up all the lame stuff first and avoided the stuff i was really ashamed off, i really didn’t want to do it and just put off finishing the course for about 3days. Eventually i wrote them all out the really juicy ones and once i started it was like the gates opened and i got it all out. Then came the point i had to hand what i had written to the supervisor, i put this off too but handed it to her in the end and she started to read them, at this point i didn’t know if it was her or me that was going to faint lol. Then she said thank you for your write up and did not judge me or do anything that was the end of it. I have never felt such relief and unburdening in my entire life as i did that day, it was like a fresh start for me, a clean slate(thats not to say i was a major crime guy or anything but everyone thinks their own “sins” are the worst). Thats not all there is to Scientology, thats just one thing i thought i would tell people about it seeing as people seem to be lacking info. I could go on for ages talking about it but people who want to know about it should go to the source(read a book)and see if the material in it makes sense to them and if it can improve their life in anyway.
November 28th, 2010 at 10:33 pm
And just to set something else straight, the belief is the person is a spirit which they call a thetan, thats right a thetan is just another name for a spirit or a person its no more complex than that but the media like to put a spin on it and call it aliens lol if thats the case im an alien and so are you! And the belief is that the spirit has lived many lifetimes. L.Ron Hubbard was auditing people(auditing in laymans terms is asking a question which the person then looks for the answer in their past, the question could be as simple as Recall a time when you were happy or sad or angry or whatever pick one its just an example) and in the course of auditing people the more he did the more people were recalling to the point were they started recalling stuff from past lives. The emeter was invented and used to help people locate incidents in the past and in doing so also verified the existance of such. How the emeter works is basic but im not getting into it, all im trying to show is that it did not start out as a religion it was more of a science but once he had verified the existance of a spirit then that was that what else could it be but religious if its addressing the spirit? Anyway thats all im going to say on the subject if anyone wants to know more i suggest they read a book or go to an org and decide for themselves if its true for them or not. Scientology is not afraid of other religions it embraces them, why should a religion be afraid of another unless it doesn’t believe what its teaching in the first place right?
November 29th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
@setting the record straight; Scientology auditing is only a form of hypnotherapy. It is very simple really. As a licensed psychologist, I can tell you (based on true and real science) that these “memories” of past lives are only a form or regression therapy. Practicing this on people, without a degree or proper training, is very dangerous to the people you are claiming to help. I find it very sad that our government allows this to occur and that it is protected under the guise of religious freedom, when this operation would be shut down and charges brought if these exact techniques were practiced by a person outside of Scientology setting. Unfortunately, it amount to religious persecution when those of us in the real science fields express genuine concern for these mind altering tactics used by this cult. There is a very real and valid reason why this is not recognized as a religion in many other countries.
December 6th, 2010 at 10:16 am
There is a huge difference between a cult and religion.
If you choose not be be say, a Lutheran Christian (just an easy example)
if you one day decide that the belief-system is not valid, your former pastor
isn’t going to expose anything you told him in private (if you even
choose to share anything). If you try to leave Scientology, however, or any
other cult, they will hunt your butt down, and use any information
they may have gathered to ruin your life… and that’s if you can
even escape in the first place.
I realize that fear and guilt are a huge part of monotheist tradition,
but normally that guilt and fear doesn’t extend past thoughts of
a possible afterlife. In a cult they use that fear and guilt
to control your day to day actions, forcing you to do things in the
moment that you may not really agree with. In that sense, Christianity
(once again, easy example) could be considered cultish at certain
points of its history.
A cult tries to strip a person of their personal identity, relationships,
money, possessions, and peace of mind. If you somehow got caught up
in something like that, which may have seemed very innocent at first,
wouldn’t you want someone to try and save you? Not everybody wants help
in those situations, but as human beings we need to at least offer.
Now, Will Smith’s and Tom Cruise’s version of Scientology is quite
different from what the average person can expect to encounter. They
are being handled; having celebrities associated with their “church”
makes things seem on the up and up. I would love to
see what would happen to Tom C if he ever tried to leave. I have a
feeling we would see him spiral downward into insanity, eventually
suicide, and most people would shake their heads and ask “Why?”
Out of every religion I’ve ever read about, only the one ran by that
crazy child molester sounds more dangerous.
December 6th, 2010 at 10:19 am
(Spelling fixes: the 2nd paragraph should read, “If you choose to be,
say, a Lutheran….)
(The word religion in the last paragraph needs quotations marks.
“Religion.” There.)
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December 24th, 2010 at 3:34 pm
Dont know quite what you are trying to get at lalalalaaa but i will keep it simple. I have not been an active scientologist for around 2years i have not been hunted down or exposed or anything else? So what you on about lol. The proof of this(me not practicing Scientology) is that i am on here talking about it how many Scientologists will you find on the net talking about it – none. So from a personal experience i can tell you that none of what your talking about happened to me! I guess i must just be special right, up there in the ranks with tom and will lol? As i said before anyone who wants to find out about it and wants to see if it has anything to offer them just has to read a book and then take it or leave it, simples.
December 29th, 2010 at 9:54 am
Set the record straight….
ACTIVE isn’t the same as NOT being a scientologist. When you say it
that way you make it sound more cultish than everyone believes. Active
is for spies not religion. And when the hell did it become a full
blown religion and not just the garnish on your already practiced
religion. Everything you have written, to my eye, has seemed like
you’re copying from a well prepared stock answer guide that your
handlers have had you use. Step away and think for yourself in all
things. ANONYMOUS is true.
January 30th, 2011 at 4:58 pm
Either Christianity or scientology a cult is a cult. Who cares which one he is a member of? Show up to the same place at the same time, service constructed in the same, donate a lot of money, reject others that do not believe the same as you…..etc.
February 3rd, 2011 at 1:12 pm
and likes to put it in littles boy’s asses
February 16th, 2011 at 7:44 pm
122,500 dollars in a donation to the Church of Scientology is more than being curious or vaguely interested.