Friday, December 14, 2007

Will Smith, in his own words

Maybe his new movie should be called "I Am Looney". From this profile.

"I've studied Buddhism and Hinduism and I've studied Scientology through Tom[Cruise]. And nobody's saying anything different! Look, I use the Bible to explain the ideas of God, and life, and love, and relationships, and the life of Jesus Christ to teach my children how to defend their spirit. But in all of the experiences I've had with Tom [Cruise] and Scientology, like, 98 percent of the principles are identical to the principles of the Bible. The Bible says, Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. And you know, there's a Scientology principle: Do not create experiences for others that they cannot comfortably perceive." Smith would rather stroll many paths to enlightenment than commit to one high road. "The Bible talks about your spirit being immortal, that you were created for existence beyond your physical body. Well, that's no different from Scientology! I don't think that because the word someone uses for spirit is thetan that the definition becomes any different."

2 comments:

ch said...

like, 98 percent of the principles are identical to the principles of the Bible...

it's that 2% that's not identical that you're gonna want to take a closer look at.

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Do not create experiences for others that they cannot comfortably perceive...

Then he's in trouble for MIB II

Cocaine Princess said...

I think whenever something new is introduced people tend to sometimes react negative. They perhaps fear the unknown. Look at Kabbalah, it's been around for centuries but has only made news not that long because of Madonna and other celebrities. Soon as the press got wind of it, it was labeled as a cult. But it isn't. People have studying and believing in it for years and years.
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Cocaine Princess