Tom Cruise: Psychiatry Should Be Outlawed

You may already know that Tom Cruise is a member of Scientology, but lately he has been pushing Scientology orthodoxy pretty hard.

iAfrica reports:

The ardent Scientologist has now weighed in on the subject of counselling. “I think it's an utter waste of time. There's nothing scientific about it,” he fulminates. "Communication is a good thing, but I think people get more mentally out of having a good meal or going for a walk. I think psychiatry should be outlawed.”

Rick Ross makes an interesting observation:

[Tom Cruise] knows the story of an evil galactic overlord named Xenu who is supposedly responsible for the human condition. Some might observe that anyone who would swallow this story must be “crazy,” or maybe just a bit “brainwashed.”

I don't know about being "brainwashed," but it is quite arguable that "there's nothing scientific about" his religious fantasies. Arguable? No, it's more than arguable that this Scientology nonsense is not only unscientific, but it's probably a whole lot less scientific than psychiatry - a profession which itself has it's own share of problems.

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