According to a report in the New York Daily News, the ties between Will Smith and the Church of Scientology may be growing. Smith, who hasn’t confirmed that he has joined the Church of Scientology, reportedly gave crew members in a film he was working on Scientology related gifts.
The Church of Scientology is a controversial organization that dates back to the early 1950’s. L. Ron Hubbard, a fiction writer, is often credited with the creation of the Church of Scientology. Depending on who you listen to, Scientology is either a legitimate religion or a dangerous cult. Famous celebrities such as Tom Cruise and John Travolta are members of the Church of Scientology.
Smith, who was filming a comedy entitled “Hancock” that is due to be released in the summer, had previously compared the Church of Scientology to Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism: “I was introduced to it by Tom [Cruise], and I’m a student of world religion. I was raised in a Baptist household. I went to a Catholic school, but the ideas of the Bible are 98% the same ideas of Scientology, 98% the same ideas of Hinduism and Buddhism.”
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