Tom Cruise and Scientology

Tom Cruise recently made some interesting remarks after girlfriend Katie Holmes gave birth to their baby. According to RTE's website

http://www.rte.ie/arts/2006/0418/cruiset.html

he was going to eat the placenta.Yum yum. He also wanted Holmes to give birth in silence, which must have been fun.According to RTE:

'Cruise told GQ magazine: "I'm gonna eat the placenta. I thought that would be good. Very nutritious. I'm gonna eat the cord and the placenta right there."

Cruise has also claimed he knew that Katie Holmes was pregnant before she told him.

He has also defended the Scientology belief that women should give birth in silence.

"It's really about respecting the woman. It's not about her not screaming," he told GQ.'

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The word "balmpot" springs to mind.....

Cruise is of course a Scientologist, which requires adhering to a set of beliefs which are completely risible.

L.Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, was an advocate of 'Dianetics', a sort of pseduo-science which he claimed could cure anything.Hmm, ok...He also made millions from writing science fiction.

Wikipedia has an extensive page on Hubbard:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L_Ron_Hubbard

See also:

http://www.ronthenut.org/

For a critique of Dianetics see:

http://skepdic.com/dianetic.html

For a discussion on Hubbard and his approach to science see:

http://skepdic.com/refuge/hubbard.html

The Church of Scientology - Yes it became a Church and a Religion - is a controversial organisation which has been reported as acting like a cult depriving members of their finances, keeping them from contacting their families etc.This has not stopped them attracting many celebrity members like Cruise, John Travolta , Nicole Kidman, Priscilla Presley etc.