Howard Stern's stock just went up--at least in Tom Cruise's book.
Stern came to the defense of Cruise's oft-ridiculed religion Scientology this week while ripping into Republican candidate Rick Perry for referring to competitor Mitt Romney's religion, Mormonism "a cult".
"All religions are a cult," fumed Stern. "You want to believe in religion? Good for you. No problem—but don’t sit and criticize a guy because he wants to be a Mormon...I hear people, they go: ‘Oh, Tom Cruise is a Scientologist. What an asshole.’ I say: ‘Well, you’re the same asshole.’ So, okay, Scientologists believe, from what I understand, that space aliens came from another planet and came down here and I guess created man or—I don’t even know what the religion is. And you sit there and you go: ‘Ah ha ha ha ha!’ Well go read the Bible, what they believe. It’s as goofy as that. In fact, it’s probably more realistic to believe that space aliens came down and actually populated the planet. That seems—logical—somewhere in the universe there were other life forms that were advanced and came down here. I mean, if you’re going to believe in something—what’s the difference?”
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The Church of Scientology was created by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard in 1952 and gained tax exempt status as a church in the United States in 1993. Many Hollywood celebrities identify as Scientologists including John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston, singer Beck and actress Kirstie Alley.
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