His controversial statements include asserting that psychology and psychiatry are pseudoscience or that people can practice telepathy to control objects with their thoughts.

“Crazy” statements

Scientology, or Scientology, was founded by American science fiction author L.Ron Hubberd (1911 – 1986) in the 1950s. The original idea originated from the concept of “Dianetics”, or the theory of soul transmigration, It can be roughly understood as the layman’s ability to understand and reason to bring his soul to reach empathy with itself and the world around him. \

The philosophy of Scientology can be summarized as follows: People and human awareness are the center, helping them shape themselves and their reactions to their surroundings, and eventually they will reach a state of “in clean”.

Scientology is composed of two elements, in which “scio” means “understanding, perception, discrimination” in Latin, and “logos” means “study, theory” in Greek. Hubberd defines himself. This means that the doctrines of this “religion” are also a form of science, because lay people and scientists both want to reach a higher level, and the ultimate goal of Scientology is to help people through experience. , analyze, understand, will achieve the “pure” state mentioned above.

The theory is that Cruise’s three divorces are related to the number 33.

Because Scientology places humans and their own experiences at the center, they are highly critical of psychologists and psychiatrists. Founder L. Ron Hubberd once claimed that “astral piercing” is the main treatment for most human mental illnesses.

On the contrary, “psychiatrists are the source of catastrophic mistakes in the world and are tools of political repression, from which were born dictators like Adolf Hitler who transformed Nazi Germany into a force mass murder”.

During Hubberd’s lifetime, he wrote 65 million words for his “religion”, equivalent to about 500,000 pages of paper, 3,000 recorded sermons and 100 videotaped ones. Along with that are about 500 works of novels and short stories. Although the quality of each work is unknown, the most famous is the book “The Way to Happiness” published in 1980, in which Hubbard listed 21 moral standards, Entertainment stars promoted it heavily, then it was translated into 70 different languages, setting a Guinness record for the most translated work in the world.

Actor Tom Cruise has supported Scientology since 1990, encouraged by his first wife Mimi Rogers. Initially, he said Hubberd’s lectures helped him improve his dyslexia, but gradually he became a devout person and openly stated this in public.

Even in 2005, he actively campaigned for Scientology to be officially recognized as a religion in Europe. That same year, Tom Cruise repeatedly lectured in public that “psychiatry is a pseudoscience,” creating a “wave of outrage” from psychologists and psychiatrists worldwide.

For example, in an interview with Matt Lauer on NBC’s Today program, Tom affirmed that “there is no chemical imbalance in the body”, and emphasized that “antidepressants do not work”.

Later, the American Psychiatric Association criticized Tom Cruise as “irresponsible” for misusing “movie advertising to promote personal ideological views and prevent people with mental illness from receiving care.” necessary care”.

Worth mentioning, in 2012, the American press was also abuzz with rumors that Tom Cruise, after nearly 30 years of practicing Scientology, had developed strong psychic abilities. That means Cruise can move physical objects through thoughts or read people’s minds or sense information at a distance (telepathy). Of course this is not true in reality. Because if there were, Hollywood producers probably wouldn’t need special effects tools on set anymore.

American author L. Ron Hubbard created Scientology.

Divorced three times… because of religion

Cruise’s strong belief in Scientology also affects Cruise’s love life and marriage. In 2004, the “church” was said to have initiated a project to “recruit a wife” for Tom Cruise. According to Vanity Fair, during the “audition” for Cruise’s new movie, actresses who had participated in the Scientology society were brought in and asked a series of strange questions, such as “What do you think about Tom Cruise?” ”.

Finally, Iranian-born actress Nazanin Boniadi was chosen to do a “very important task”, which is to date Tom Cruise. The relationship between the two lasted from November 2004 until January 2005 until Cruise and Nazanin could no longer stand each other.

Nazanin later told a friend about her relationship with the actor. For that action, she received the punishment of “using a toothbrush to scrub the toilet, cleaning bathroom tiles with acid and digging ditches in the middle of the night,” according to Vanity Fair. Of course, the church of Scientology has denied most of the accusations made: “The church does not punish people, especially in that way.”

A church of Scientology.

Besides, Tom Cruise’s devotion to Scientology is also the reason his third wife – Katie Holmes filed for divorce in 2013. Specifically, Katie told the court that she needed a divorce to protect herself. daughter Suri Cruise from Tom Cruise’s religion.

The Hollywood actor even believes that Suri is not his daughter. Because according to the teachings of Scientology, children are just manifestations of souls in small bodies. If a child dies, it does not mean their life ends if their spirit still exists and can return in a new body. Accordingly, Tom Cruise can meet “Suri – his real daughter” again in another life. For now, Suri may not really be his “daughter”.

On the other hand, there is also a theory that Scientology is the reason Cruise divorced all three of his wives when they were 33 years old. Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes were all the same age when they divorced the Hollywood actor – 33 years old. So what does the number 33 mean? The first Church of Scientology was founded in Phoenix, Arizona, located on the 33rd parallel.

Although he was once known as a “religious fanatic”, in recent years, Tom Cruise seems to have lost much interest in Scientology. For example, in 2017, when coming to New Zealand, Cruise did not hesitate to visit Scientology church facilities in Auckland, but this does not seem to happen in 2021, according to a source close to Cruise. with New Zealand Herad.

In the summer of 2021, while filming for the latest installment of the Mission Impossible series, the actor showed no signs of wanting to visit the Church of Scientology in this country. Some people have speculated that the star has lost faith in Scientology due to COVID-19, specifically this “religion” has affirmed that disease prevention does not depend on vaccines. However, some others just think that the actor is sad and stressed because of the long delay of the new movie.

Leah Marie Remini, an American actress born in 1970, is one celebrity who strongly denounces this “religion”. Leah had been a member of the Church of Scientology for 30 years, but had changed her mind. Leah’s revelations include some shocking points such as the fact that Scientology has oppressed parishioners, forcing them to be silent and submissive, abusing and coercing parishioners in terms of effort and money, as well as forbidding them from leaving. apostate, or denounce the organization… Besides, actor Tom Cruise is considered the “Savior” and famous figures are respected much more than ordinary parishioners.