According to Leah Remini, Tom is a pillar of Scientology, or as I would say "a prime bitch." Other Scientologists are afraid of him. When they have get-togethers, Travolta and Kirstie Alley were not present because Tom hates them.
And he is all that because he is popular (among non-Scientologists - people they feel superior to, and yet grade themselves by their attention). As his reputation changes so do the Churches.
When he had that incident at Oprah he was losing power and so did Scientology since it reflected badly on them. And Tom had a few bad years, but it seems like he is coming back and so is Scientology which is not a laughing stock as it was just a few years ago. And so is their power to lure people into Scientology and then exploit them and also fight against psychiatry, pharmacy, and whatnot.
And he is all that because he is popular (among non-Scientologists - people they feel superior to, and yet grade themselves by their attention). As his reputation changes so do the Churches.
When he had that incident at Oprah he was losing power and so did Scientology since it reflected badly on them. And Tom had a few bad years, but it seems like he is coming back and so is Scientology which is not a laughing stock as it was just a few years ago. And so is their power to lure people into Scientology and then exploit them and also fight against psychiatry, pharmacy, and whatnot.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
