by Mickey mouse 9 Replies latest jw friends
I don't recall ever hearing her speak about her experiences with the Church of Scientology. I'm guessing she probably chooses not to since it may make relations with her ex Tom Cruise difficult. Plus the Scientologists seem to have the fear and control business off to a fine are.
Has anyone ever read or heard anything from her?
BTTT!
i've never heard or read anything, either, MM. I'm still trying to figure exactly why Tom divorced her.........his cryptic "Nicole knows what she did" doesn't give any clues.
I could be wrong but I think during the divorce she had some negative comments about Scientiology's effect on their children
http://womansday.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=293903
Thursday, September 6, 2007 The actress reveals her heartbreak as Isabella and Connor choose Tom Cruise's religion over their mother.
Nicole Kidman has finally spoken of her anguish over her estrangement from her two Scientology-raised children and her feelings of failure as a mother. She is also threatening to reveal the darkest secrets of her marriage to ex-husband Tom Cruise.
With her adopted kids Isabella, 14, and Connor, 12, preferring to stay in the US with their Scientology minders rather than visit their own mother in Australia, Nicole has alluded to her antipathy towards the controversial religion.
"I don't want to be the one discussing Scientology," a wounded Nicole warily told US magazine Vanity Fair when asked about her children's indoctrination during her latest interview. "My kids want to live in LA and they're at a certain age where they dig in their heels."
While Isabella and Connor briefly visited their mum in Australia earlier this year, they have chosen to spend their holidays at a Church of Scientology camp in Oregon.
A former Scientologist says the camp in Portland, where the kids are holed up, is really an intense learning program for Scientology teachings. "The summer camp is part of Scientology's get-them-while-they're-young campaign," says the ex-member…
For the full story, see this week's Woman's Day (on-sale September 10)
Wow, that is horrendous. What a nightmare. She should stay firm and put her foot down, they are still her underage kids, so who cares if they pitch a fit. Thankfully at least the Mom/Nicole is not blind to the cult. The magazine even referred to the indoctrinators as "Scientology minders," I guess that is sort of like "handlers." That article was from over a year ago and I don't recall having heard any dark secrets of her marriage to Tom. Did she ever do a "tell all"?
I think she should talk out about what happened to her in that religion. Once she does, the Scientologists will eat her carcuss
There are 90 comments at the end of the above womans day mag article... definitely worth reading, and I've only gotten through the first two... The first is pro-Nicole, saying: "READ THE BOOK... TOM CRUISE AN UNAUTHORISZED BIOGRAPHY... CHANGED MY WHOLE OUT LOOK ON TOM.. UNBELIEVEABLE, COULDN'T PUT THE BOOK DOWN.. "" Scientology"" BANNED FROM GOVERNMENT IN MOST COUNTRIES ..." (hey, all of the HTML codes for the reply window are all missing... Maybe Simon is working on them...?)
It's never been proven but it has been spoken about. There are people who left Scientology and mysteriously died. A man I worked with in the 1970's had a brother who got involved with the cult in its early days and decided their practices were not for him. According to the guy I worked with, his brother said they were hounding him to come back. (remind you of what the JW's do?) He held his ground but not long after he was found dead of an apparent suicide. His brother said that nobody in the family believed it was suicide but what could they do. I have heard of similar cases. Fear and threats could keep Nicole from saying anything. HappyDad
In an article I read long ago, it stated that she had never gotten involved with Scientology. Her father is a psychiatrist/psychologist/something and that is a big no-no in Scientology. She knew that her father helped people and she questioned that part of their beliefs, along with other parts. She did not wish to dishonor her father, so she never got involved. We all remember Tom's beliefs on psychiatric medicines, Brooke Shields, etc.
Nicole seems to keep things pretty close to the vest. She never bad-mouthed Tom Cruise after the divorce, at least that I read or heard.
