Tom Cruise connects the spiritual dots by explaining the roots of scientology:
Tom Cruise, who stars in Edward Zwick's "The Last Samurai", praised eastern religion saying "Buddhism is the grandfather of scientology" and climbed up on a chair to show off his new-found strength and flexibility in the making of the film.
The 41-year-old star, sporting short hair and a grey suit, waxed lyrical on Buddhism during a Paris news conference at the Ritz hotel held to promote the release in France of the movie next week.
"I was struck by the code of Bushido (the way of the Samurai). It's powerful, it talks about compassion, helping others, responsibility, integrity ... timeless values, ways I identify with," said Cruise, who has practised scientology for 20 years.
I think Cruise is dead on on this one. And while he sees it as a compliment, I think that it condemns both. Both Buddhism and Scientology are rejections of God and an unholy elevation of 'self'.
"Professing to be wise, they became fools."
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