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leftyladyfrommo

(19,421 posts)
Mon Jul 31, 2023, 11:39 AM Jul 2023

General question: what's with Tom Cruise? I look at

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him and he is very off putting. He is trying way too hard and he just has this desperation around him.

Not important really

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General question: what's with Tom Cruise? I look at (Original Post) leftyladyfrommo Jul 2023 OP
Fear of aging is my guess. hlthe2b Jul 2023 #1
he's been nucking futs for decades prodigitalson Jul 2023 #2
He's a Scientology cultist. Aristus Jul 2023 #3
He's part of the Scientology hierarchy, which means he's monstrous. Joinfortmill Jul 2023 #4
As is John Travolta? ProudMNDemocrat Jul 2023 #5
Quite popular in H-wood. The higher you rise the more money you are required to give Hekate Jul 2023 #9
Is he running for office? EYESORE 9001 Jul 2023 #6
Detached from reality. He can't handle the truth. twodogsbarking Jul 2023 #7
Leah Remini's book,"Troublemaker," outs him as a really destructive creep in cahoots catbyte Jul 2023 #8
He creeps me out a bit. He doesn't seem to have a genuine smile. LuckyCharms Jul 2023 #10
It is hard to be a God-man sanatanadharma Jul 2023 #11
I have not liked him Diamond_Dog Jul 2023 #12
This has to be a big deal in Hollywood. He's their big leftyladyfrommo Jul 2023 #13
Maybe his Scientology "engrams" are misbehaving. Timeflyer Jul 2023 #14
I wonder if he's really the #1 guy at Scientology? leftyladyfrommo Jul 2023 #15
Locking thead MustLoveBeagles Jul 2023 #16

hlthe2b

(106,803 posts)
1. Fear of aging is my guess.
Mon Jul 31, 2023, 11:40 AM
Jul 2023

prodigitalson

(2,953 posts)
2. he's been nucking futs for decades
Mon Jul 31, 2023, 11:42 AM
Jul 2023

but yeah, I'm sure getting old is killing him

Aristus

(68,648 posts)
3. He's a Scientology cultist.
Mon Jul 31, 2023, 11:43 AM
Jul 2023

All cultists have a weird kind of unhealthy, febrile energy about them.

Joinfortmill

(16,638 posts)
4. He's part of the Scientology hierarchy, which means he's monstrous.
Mon Jul 31, 2023, 11:45 AM
Jul 2023

ProudMNDemocrat

(19,175 posts)
5. As is John Travolta?
Mon Jul 31, 2023, 11:47 AM
Jul 2023

And others in Hollywood are in this cult.

Hekate

(95,305 posts)
9. Quite popular in H-wood. The higher you rise the more money you are required to give
Mon Jul 31, 2023, 11:55 AM
Jul 2023

“Wonderful progress you’re making. Now to go to training for the next level, this is what it will cost.”

Not for poor people… just very special people with money.

EYESORE 9001

(27,619 posts)
6. Is he running for office?
Mon Jul 31, 2023, 11:48 AM
Jul 2023

There must be some good reason why this is in GD instead of the Lounge

twodogsbarking

(12,271 posts)
7. Detached from reality. He can't handle the truth.
Mon Jul 31, 2023, 11:49 AM
Jul 2023

catbyte

(35,994 posts)
8. Leah Remini's book,"Troublemaker," outs him as a really destructive creep in cahoots
Mon Jul 31, 2023, 11:53 AM
Jul 2023

with that Miscavige conman. Anybody who would turn his kids against their mother and make them hate her is nothing less than a soulless monster and he hasn't seen his daughter with Katie Holmes in years. He may be a success in Hollywood but he's a total failure as a human being.

LuckyCharms

(19,192 posts)
10. He creeps me out a bit. He doesn't seem to have a genuine smile.
Mon Jul 31, 2023, 12:00 PM
Jul 2023

A genuine smile is one done with both the mouth and the eyes. It seems to me that if he is indeed smiling with his eyes, it's just because he knows how to fake it.

Funny that you posted this. I was just thinking about this recently. I must have seen a picture of him or something that triggered my thought.

Not important in the scheme of life I guess, but I never particularly cared for him.

sanatanadharma

(4,074 posts)
11. It is hard to be a God-man
Mon Jul 31, 2023, 12:19 PM
Jul 2023

The man has confused identities. He seems to believe he is a God-man; one of the special, the 'clear'.
He is stretching for and not reaching that which he is being (miss) taught. The taut line that keeps people sanely-human is being stretched to the breaking point.

It should be clear that a Divine-human is not something to be gained; something not there that later comes to be there.
If the Divine is real, it is always everywhere at all times in all space.
That is a hard identity for a limited body-mine-sensory-complex-with-a-name to claim.

Those in the Church of Scientology are clearly misguided.

Diamond_Dog

(35,183 posts)
12. I have not liked him
Mon Jul 31, 2023, 12:21 PM
Jul 2023

ever since he slammed Brooke Shields over her candid admission that she suffered from postpartum depression, essentially saying there is no such thing.

leftyladyfrommo

(19,421 posts)
13. This has to be a big deal in Hollywood. He's their big
Mon Jul 31, 2023, 12:36 PM
Jul 2023

money maker. And his movies cost so much to make

There's several of these huge star entertainers that are just getting too old. Madonna is having a terrible time, too.

Kind of sad.


Timeflyer

(2,726 posts)
14. Maybe his Scientology "engrams" are misbehaving.
Mon Jul 31, 2023, 01:47 PM
Jul 2023

leftyladyfrommo

(19,421 posts)
15. I wonder if he's really the #1 guy at Scientology?
Mon Jul 31, 2023, 01:58 PM
Jul 2023

There is something unnatural about him. It's like you are just dealing with an elaborate facade.

MustLoveBeagles

(12,695 posts)
16. Locking thead
Mon Jul 31, 2023, 03:52 PM
Jul 2023

Off topic. Only politics, current events and issues can be posted. Can be reposted in the Showbiz group.

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