14 DAY TRIAL // The Church of Scientology is by far one of the most controversial and hated religious organizations in the world, with countless voices online saying that it should be labeled a cult and be outlawed. If you too believe that, that’s because you have been manipulated by the media into thinking this way – and the media is in the pocket of big pharmaceutical companies.
Scientology lists many celebrities as followers, including high-profile actors like Tom Cruise and John Travolta, but also less famous (but still worldwide known) stars like Juliette Lewis and Kirstie Alley. They’re usually very tight-lipped about their involvement in the Church, but every once in a while, they speak up to defend its activity.
Lewis is the latest to do so, in a recent interview with The Daily Beast, which was meant to promote her new film “Kelly & Call.”
Scientology is universally hated because it’s misunderstood
Juliette knows that Scientology is universally hated, so that’s not news to her. Given the negative coverage it’s been getting specifically in the last few years, it was expected for some of it to get back to her and all other members. However, she is convinced that people would think differently of it if they knew the truth.
And the truth is that Scientology offers the necessary “tools” for a better life, while also being progressive enough as to allow other religions to co-exist. “It’s a religious philosophy and self-help movement. And you’ll never see a truthful word written about it in mainstream media,” the actress explains.
People don’t know all this because they’re always painted a very negative image of the Church. Lewis has an explanation for that too: blame the pharmaceutical companies and the media.
Big companies have the media in their pocket, and the Tom Cruise case is “proof” of that
Scientology is famously anti-drugs, particularly antidepressants. Many years ago, when actress Brooke Shields told the press that she’d been on antidepressants for post-partum depression, Tom Cruise said in a TV interview that she would have been better off if she’d just turned to Scientology for help.
The backlash was terrible. In fact, it marked Tom’s downfall as Hollywood’s golden boy, because it showed his fans a side of him they had never seen before: that of Scientology fanatic.
As Lewis sees it, that was just the media acting on the request of big pharmaceutical companies, who were trying to shut Cruise up. He was more than an A-list actor, she believes: he was the voice that could cause a serious dent in the entire pharmaceutical industry.
Cue to Juliette: “The mainstream media is funded by pharmaceutical companies, so when you have the biggest movie star in the world at the time – Tom Cruise – coming out against anti-depressants and Ritalin and just saying, ‘Hey, why don’t you put a warning label on there?’ The thing about Scientology is it is anti-drug in that you’re seeking relationship or communication tools – simple basics on how to live better. So, when Tom came out about that, I’ve never seen someone get torn down so hard, and they still brutalize him with Scientology pieces to this day.”
Juliette Lewis isn’t doing Scientology any favors
The Daily Beast interview came out some days ago but it’s just now that Lewis’ comments are going viral. Unfortunately, it’s not for the reason she probably expected: instead of making people interested in Scientology or at least getting them to accept the possibility that some of the negative coverage is unwarranted, her conspiracy theory is drawing more criticism and ridicule on her and the Church.
To make matters even worse, most of it is coming from celebrity blogs and forums, i.e. publications that are most likely not funded by drug companies. Lewis is being mocked for being a delusional celebrity who thinks much higher of herself and others than she has actual cause to – ironically by the very people she was hoping to convert / get to change their mind.