Fuck you! Buddhism, at least from what I’ve seen, is a fairly reasonable religion. Scientology is a crock of shit. Notice the difference? Many people who I love and respect are buddhists, and those who’ve heard your quote have either reacted with amusement or outrage. Great way to earn publicity, Tom.
I like this whole “talking in webdings” thing (Thief!:)). Your rant gets two thumbs up. But really, we already knew scientology was a crock of shit.
In fact, I’m going to make another webdings post just to confuse the shit out of people! I’m gonna make it red, too.
Is a washed up hack like Tom Cruise really worth getting worked up over? I mean, a Buddhist wouldn’t care what he said, so why should we?
Um, I thought that the samurai were Shinto. Was I wrong?
Wow. What an asshole.
From this cite:
I thnk Scientology is plenty dumb, and if I were to compare Scientology and Buddhism, you could consider it insulting. Cruise, not being terribly bright, thinks that Scientology is great. So coming from him, this comparison is clearly meant to be complimentary.
Sure, it’s still a stupid comparison, but Cruise is a practicing Scientologist. After that, any other stupid thing he does can only be anti-climactic.
Finally, can I note that posting entirely in WingDings is fucking annoying, and probably against board rules? Let’s all band together in not making this the next board fad, okay?
Depends on the period, of course, but a mix of Shinto, Buddhist, and touch of Taoism seems to be the case.
Me, or Tom Cruise? Or both of us?
Ah, thank you.
Why is anyone surprised anymore by the $cientologists? They believe they’re covered in particles that are the remains of souls that were blown up by some guy named Xenu and they have to be “audited” to get rid of them.
And they are responsible for Battlefied Earth. Isn’t that enough?
I’m not surprised. Just perpetually annoyed.
" just to confuse the shit out of people!" translates into “Just be a jerk” IMO. Do either of you wish to retain your posting privileges on the SDMB? If you do, you will NOT continue to annoy or confuse people.
BTW, no more large pieces of ASCII art, either.
Um, how can Bhuddism be the grandfather of $cientology if the whole Xenu crap happened millenia ago???
Love the quote about Penelope, too. What a smegma.
Point taken, my apologies. What about small pieces of art?
Sorry about that, chief. Won’t happen again.
This isn’t an art-oriented board. I’d say PROBABLY no more than a sig’s worth…that is, no bigger than four lines long. If you want to play with ASCII art, it would be better to find a board where they enjoy such things. A lot of people here don’t, by all the reports I get.
I wish I were a washed up hack like Tom Cruise. More money than I could spend in a lifetime, a women magnet, still being offered multimillion dollar movie roles. Yep, Give me that any day. In trade, I’ll let people call me a washed up hack on message boards.
How many celebrities are scientologists?
I remember seeing an interveiw with Lisa Marie.
She said she was strung out, emotionally distressed and walked into the celeb scientology building
and said Help me!
I’m sure they must have had oragsms all over the place.
Help Me.I am rich and actually asking you people for help. Take my millions please!
:rolleyes:
Tommy boy.
I really don’t understand the outrage. If Tom Cruise wants to believe in a dippy religion, leave him be. If he or his mates start doing things that harm other people, then and only then would I think one would be justified in raising hell about it.
The comment about Bhuddism and Scientology probably does make sense to Tom, in some interpretation that most of us probably would not agree with. But again, as long as his dippiness is not causing harm, what’s the beef? Just point out where you think he’s wrong to anyone who gives a damn, and move on.
There are so many dippy people in the world; are they really worth getting all hot and bothered over?
If you’re gonna go getting upset every time a Scientologist says something batshit insane, you’re not gonna have a lot of free time.