Is the whole Katie Holmes silent birth / scientology thing bothering anyone besides me?
Heather got me thinking about it…and after doing a little reading today, I can’t help but think that Katie’s parents must be, at the very least, horrified.
Or am I overreacting? It’s not like I’m, you know, friends with Tom and Katie or anything, but since they’ve put this information “out there,” I think it’s fair game for discussion.
By the by, you should probably know that, as a general rule, scientology FREAKS ME OUT.
Anybody else care?
Good thing i didn’t have to do a “silent birth”. I screamed my fool head off!! And. yes, It totally freaks me out to. Her parents are surely in prayer!
I don’t get it..I just don’t get it. Tom said that this silent birth was to be respectful to the mother. Respect her by giving her some drugs. I went to high school with a Scientologist and the guy was a little “off”. He jumped off of the roof of the dorm and broke his ankle. He WOULD NOT go to the doctor. He would walk around campus with an ankle the size of a watermelon and I would ask, “How is your ankle?” “Oh, fine, why? Nothings wrong.” Huh…..
Something is wrong with him. I liked him so much better when I didn’t know anything about his personal life.
I saw a little snip of Tom’s recent interview with Diane Sawyer. When she asked him about Katie’s parents not being happy with Katie and the whole Scientology thing, he said, “Well, you can be Catholic and Scientologist, too.” Now, I don’t know if that’s something he made up during the interview or if indeed it is true. I guess I always thought that you had to “renounce” your denomination/faith when you became a Scientologist. Scientology and L. Ron Hubbard creep me out. It’s like you belong to something, but believe in nothing. Scientology is “the study of the truth”, but no one is asked to accept anything as belief or on faith. “That which is true for you is what you have observed to be true.” (Hmmmmmm. Reminds me of the scene in “Animal House” where they were smoking dope and “philosophizing”.)
I don’t like how Tom Cruise answers/speaks for Katie, either. However, she is real, real, real young, so I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt by guessing that her brain hasn’t quite yet developed.
You know– here’s the thing– even if you put all of the CRAZY, misguided, quasi-religious “tenets” of Scientology aside, that whole “vow of silence” just is completely illogical. Who in his right mind would think that cold, dead silence would be good for a baby or mother???
Just call me “Rosemary, Jr.”! :-)
Oh, there is NO DOUBT that you ARE “Rosemary, Jr.”! :)
Ya notice it’s a guy that’s saying he wants her to do the silence thing. Someone get him to push a watermelon out of his nose & tell him to do it in silence!!!!
Su— I guess admitting my “problem” is the first step to recovery; however, I think the “Rosemary” gene is too strong to overcome. In fact, I am rearing “Rosemary the Third” over here– with her acute sense of smell (at age 6) and her use of transition words in everyday conversation (“apparently, basically, obviously,” etc.)
If MR decides she can only eat block cheese – as opposed to the pre-grated kind – then we’ll know she’s actually a clone of Rosemary’s and not just a descendant.
And you know Sister, Stacy and I totally got the strong sense of smell from Mama – and it was, for me, the most unpleasant part of pregnancy because all smells became so much more vivid (as if they weren’t enough so already).
Hey Boo, you’ve been tagged. Directions on my blog.
I’m weirded out by these two, also. I think the whole relationship is bizarre. His track record with women is not so wonderful…hope he doesn’t mess this young woman up too badly. He is such a lost soul.
Have you seen the Drudge Reprt today? Tom Cruise says he cannot wait to eat the placenta or whatever it is called. VOMIT
Are you kidding me? I’m going to look over there right now. Surely that’s a joke. Surely. Oh that makes me nauseated.
I’ve heard that some people make placenta soup or they fry it.
I saw these rednecks on Tv fry it up and have all of their friends and family over to eat it. they were nasty and it was even nastier. i don’t even think that the girl was even married. Her mother fried it up. i gagged.
Ok, even though I think he is a total froot loop, the placenta thing dates way back in several cultures. It is supposed to bring some sort of good luck, aura–I dont know exactly– something to the family. He is none the less, totally off his rocker.