Scientology Insiders Discuss If Will Smith Is A Member Is Will Smith a Scientologist? Though Will has never spoken out and confirmed that he is a card-carrying member of the Church of Scientology , speculation has swirled for years that he was brought into the mysterious organization by fellow A-lister Tom Cruise in the early 2000’s and hasn’t looked back since. The link, it seems, originates from Smith’s well-known close friendship with Scientology’s poster-boy, Tom Cruise, and his very vocal defense against judging the Church’s teachings too harshly. As He told Access Hollywood back in 2007: “I was introduced to [Scientology] through Tom, and I’m a student of world religion. I was raised in a Baptist household and went to a Catholic school, but the ideas of the Bible are 98 percent the same ideas as Scientology; 98 percent the same ideas as Buddhism or Hinduism.” “How you gon’ not know nothing about Scientology and attack [Tom]? It’s dangerous, and it’s ignorant. How am I going to condemn someone for what they believe and I believe God was born from a pregnant virgin?” That statement sparked years of speculation that Will and his wife Jada , and of course their super-introspective offspring were all members of the Scientology flock. However, according to Mike Rinder a former senior executive for the Church of Scientology and Tony Ortega the “most knowledgeable Scientology-covering journalist,” that simply isn’t the case. While chatting with The Daily Beast , and asked bluntly if Will is a member of the religion, they both responded in unison: “Will Smith is not a Scientologist.” Ortega points to the fact that Will hasn’t been positioned as an ambassador for the cult religion as one of the major telltale signs: “There’s not that many celebrities in Scientology, and the young ones were born into it, and the other ones people cite—Cruise, Travolta, and Kirstie Alley—got into it in the ’70s and ’80s. They have not attracted a major star in 25 years. The only young Scientologists on the celebrity scene were all born into it. Beck was born into it. Giovanni Ribisi was born into it.” When asked why it seems that Scientology is a celebrity-exclusive religion, even though they claim there aren’t many celeb members Rinder says it’s because the church goes out of its way to attract them: “Scientology works to attract celebrities and has a Celebrity Center right in Hollywood designed to cater to them and give them special treatment—red carpet, secret entrances where you can sneak in and out—and the other part of it is that Scientology presents itself as a self-help religion. You learn and are indoctrinated into Scientology by the idea that you will improve things in your life.” Well there you have it! We guess that puts THAT rumor to rest. Now all they need is someone to come along and shut down those pesky “swinger” rumors that have been chasing Will & Jada for years…
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Scientology Insiders Confirm Whether Or Not Will Smith Is A Member Of Their Hollyweird Religion
