# Celebrity Scientologists **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 5, 2002, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-scientologists/140768 "2002-12-05T20:45:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-scientologists/140768/1 "2002-12-05T20:45:05Z")
[Yikes!](http://www.scientology-kills.org/Celebrities/celebrities.htm) I knew about Cruise and Elfman and Alley and Travolta—but Hyde from _That 70s Show_? I am crushed . . . ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-scientologists/140768/2 "2002-12-05T20:59:38Z")
I’m also disappointed that Bart Simpson ('s voice anyway) has been reached. Haven’t they ripped on the L. Ronners in some episodes? Oh well, money and fame does not equal brains. ---
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-scientologists/140768/3 "2002-12-05T21:09:42Z")
Lisa-Marie Presley. Greta Van Susteren. Chick Corea. Isaac Hayes. Anne Archer. Giovanni Ribisi. Erika Christensen … Check [www.xenu.net](http://www.xenu.net) 's “ARS week in review” link; they keep up with the various Scieno celebrities and their cult recruitment drives disguised as various charities etc. ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-scientologists/140768/4 "2002-12-05T21:14:47Z")
It’s Jason Lee that smarts the worst, though, so cute, so likable, and EEE-VILL. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-scientologists/140768/5 "2002-12-05T21:59:14Z")
Aargh, not Anne Archer! Aw man, I’m crushed! ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-scientologists/140768/6 "2002-12-05T22:13:39Z")
Agreed that Scientology is a giant scam poorly disguised as a religion. Agreed that followers of Scientology are dupes and dumbasses. But would somebody tell me why anybody should give a rodent’s buttocks who’s on a list of celebrity Scientologists? ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-scientologists/140768/7 "2002-12-05T22:24:52Z")
Its just sort of odd, I suppose. I guess they do it to seperate themselves from, “the masses.” ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-scientologists/140768/8 "2002-12-05T22:39:07Z")
The redhead from Thats 70’s show is there to…Damn. ---
**Author:** ![TheeGrumpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheeGrumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheeGrumpy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-scientologists/140768/9 "2002-12-05T22:46:56Z")
I can forgive Travolta; he got into it a long time ago. But the newer ones should have heard by now that it’s a scam. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-scientologists/140768/10 "2002-12-05T22:54:50Z")
What **minty green** said, and to paraphrase Joe Frazier when he was asked about “that” religion Muhammad Ali was involved in – a man’s religion is his own business. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-scientologists/140768/11 "2002-12-05T22:59:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Myrnalene \* > \*\*Jason Lee \*\* NOOOOOOOOOOooOOOoooOOOOOOOOoooo!!! Why the **hell** did you have to tell me this? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-scientologists/140768/12 "2002-12-05T23:00:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jk1245 \* > **I’m also disappointed that Bart Simpson ('s voice anyway) has been reached. Haven’t they ripped on the L. Ronners in some episodes?** They have. The Movementarians are similar to the Scientologists, as well as the Heaven’s Gate cult. “Church, cult, cult, church. So we just get bored someplace else every Sunday.” ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-scientologists/140768/13 "2002-12-05T23:27:33Z")
In all fairness, I wouldn’t be uch happier finding out that any of my favourite celebs was a die hard Christian. Perhaps I’d even be more disappointed. At least Scientologists are being creative. For anyone who’s never read Hubbard’s creation of the universe story, which is Scientology’s equivalent of NIrvana (but with less peace and more aliens) and can only be reached at Operating Thetan Level, check it out (it can be found at [www.xenu.com](http://www.xenu.com) and other cult sites that have yet to be shut down). I made a movie for a high school religion class about Scientology, and reenacted the story with Troll dolls. Very effective. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-scientologists/140768/14 "2002-12-05T23:28:54Z")
We will soon have a new Aussie one as they are scouting James Packer, heir to billionaire Kerry. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-scientologists/140768/15 "2002-12-05T23:29:51Z")
(that should be “much” and “any one”) ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-scientologists/140768/16 "2002-12-05T23:54:10Z")
Crap! My boycott (of not buying their movies, or tickets to said movies) just got harder. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-scientologists/140768/17 "2002-12-06T00:01:55Z")
There’s a list of celebrity atheists [here](http://www.celebatheists.com/). Gosh, I love the Internet. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-scientologists/140768/18 "2002-12-06T00:09:14Z")
Slight hijack… Has anyone on the SDMB been a scientologist? ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Barber\_s\_Underwear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/58f4c7/32.png) [@Tony\_Barber\_s\_Underwear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Barber_s_Underwear)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-scientologists/140768/19 "2002-12-06T00:09:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by don’t ask \* > \*\*We will soon have a new Aussie one as they are scouting James Packer, heir to billionaire Kerry. \*\* I can imagine KP’s reaction when Jamie tells him that he wants to start spending his money on auditing. “You fucking what?” It would possibly do his chances of taking over more harm than when he lost a few hundred million on One.Tel. - Bubba. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-scientologists/140768/20 "2002-12-06T00:53:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bdgr \* > \*\*The redhead from Thats 70’s show is there to…Damn. \*\* S’Okay, the other one is [armed.](http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~aaron2/firearms/actresses.html#prepon) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-scientologists/140768.md?page=2)