B’Man’s Sabbath Watch: Scientology Caused Tom Cruise to Evolve Into a “New Creature”

I had this video ready to post this morning:

But then I read Jonathon Turley’s blog post about the same subject and wanted to include his comments (and a very funny comment by one of his readers).

Scientology Accused of Pressuring Removal of YouTube Video and Abusive Searches of the Homes of Critics

Scientology is again under criticism over the alleged pressure to remove the video below of Jason Beghe explaining why he left the church and how actors like Tom Cruise and John Travolta allegedly believe that they are now a new species. At the same time, the Internet has seen an explosion of videos alleging highly abusive uses of copyright laws by Scientology lawyers to harass and search leading critics.

It is not clear is Beghe’s video was taken down due to pressure or past problems regarding copyright questions. This videostill appears on YouTube. However, as noted hereYouTube remains strangely unresponsive to such concerns. The reputation of the church for heavy handed measures against critics immediately triggers such concerns when someone like Beghe have material withdrawn. Google was recently accused of caving into the church over a promotional video by Cruise, as discussed here. It doesn’t seem to work since the video is available here. Beghe was once a celebrity advocate of the church.

The Church is also the subject of this video alleging searches of the homes and computers of leading critics.

Then Mespo727272 commented:

“Tom Cruise and John Travolta allegedly believe that they are now a new species.”
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I have to agree with Cruise and Travolta on their recent evolution. I am told the name of the new species will be “actorus washedupius,” and the phylum designation will be “searchingus for attentionius.”