Tom Cruise Out With His Other Kids

76. Tiny Tom shows once again that he is very simple. He doesn't believe in wearing watches, etc!

Soon the kids will be taller than their stepdad!

Posted at 2:10AM on Apr 28th 2008 by april heat wave

77. To Standby #77

You may have the perception that Tom is in fact good to his kids.
And I hope he is.

The underlying issue here is that Tom is inextricably linked to $cientyology, it's beliefs and practices.
He is entangled with $cientology and his commitment pervades ALL his decisions as a father.
This in turn affects his ex wife and their children.
To think otherwise would be very naive.

How?
Well basically one of $cientology's core beliefs is that you disconnect from those who do not support your affiliation with $cientology.
You shun them.

Imagine this.
These children are completely immersed in $cientology.
They home school using $cientology information.
All their friends and family are $cientologists.
And then one day their parents divorce.
Your mum decides not to continue being a $cientologist.

Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING in your life revolves around your belief in $cientology.
You know about the disconnection policy
You know your mum doesn't agree with what your dad believes in?
This must have some effect on the relationships between Nicole and her children.

Look, no one knows what has gone on between two people and what was behind the divorce.
But these $cientology issues must have affected the relationships involved.
If you are a $cientologist - it would have to.
It’s part of what makes $cientology tick.

Nicole does definitely spend time with her children.
Mostly out of the limelight. She has made this very clear, many times.
And I think that's why many people are very cynical of Tom's motives when he is photographed at ‘convenient’ times with them.

If you want see people discussing how this disconnection policy works, go to exscientologykids.com or watch these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXL2ZmVZ5hE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHTtpLorEe4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWryNV0fcgc

Or check out these sites:
lermanet.com
xenutv.com
enturbulation.org
xenu.net
exscn.net
youfoundthecard.com
whyweprotest.net

Posted at 2:43AM on Apr 28th 2008 by anonymous

78. Can someone tell me why Cruise is wearing a sweater when it was 97 degrees HOT today in Southern California?
I mean it felt like we were in the middle of a heatwave today. Why is he always wearing a vest, sweater, or covering the
middle part of his torso. He is either wearing a man's girdle or a bullet proof vest under his clothes. I mean it was VERY HOT today. This is not the day to wear a sweater especially to an outdoor sports event. What was he thinking?

Posted at 10:01AM on Apr 28th 2008 by ng

79. So who takes care of the kids? They don't live with Nicole. Do they live with Tom and Katie?

Posted at 8:00AM on Apr 28th 2008 by Ginger

80. I say leave the children out of this. They are innocent in all of this, they have no choice ,(as like us when we were children) no say in their relgious upbringing, as we are the religion our parents are until we can get out on our own.

The children are good looking kids Issabella looks like Lohan in the photo Kind of, but she is a lovely young lady I have seen other photos of her, the Boy Conner is a hansome young man and Tom and Nicole should be proud of them!

Again i say leave the children all three of the children out of this....

Posted at 3:20AM on Apr 28th 2008 by Kat

81. To Kat #82

I agree wholeheartedly that children should not bear responsibility for their parents actions.
But Tom (and Nicole) are actors who are famous.
So they can choose to live a quiet, non celeb type of life or not

Tom 'appears' to be photographed with his children when it suits his popularity meter.
This is only my opinion.
Alternatively, Nicole 'appears' to ensure her children are not used for photo opportunities.

That said, the children live with Tom most of the time.
This is 'supposedly' because he wishes them to follow a $cientology home schooled curriculum.
This infers that Nicole may not have been open to providing this ??

Tom is an intense person who is deeply involved in $cientology.
This affects the children also.
If Tom really wanted to keep his children out of the range of photographers, let's face it, he could.

Posted at 3:42AM on Apr 28th 2008 by anonymous

82. To The Wise Old Owl #70

Thanks.
Just telling it like it is.

We live in this media fuelled celebrity society.
Thinking that Tom Cruise the ACTOR is an authority on education, mental health and drug rehabilitation is one big con that $cientology would love us all to buy into.
With fame comes celebrity and with celebrity comes some element of responsibility.

lermanet.com
xenutv.com
enturbulation.org
xenu.net
exscn.net
youfoundthecard.com
whyweprotest.net

Posted at 4:07AM on Apr 28th 2008 by anonymous

83. Mimi Rogers must be glad she baled when she did.

Posted at 5:44AM on Apr 28th 2008 by wEB

84. Why do we spend millions rounding up Christian "Cult" kids down in Texas, but not Scientology or Muslim "Cult" kids?

Posted at 8:10AM on Apr 28th 2008 by Wondering

85. Wondering, strictly speaking the kids taken from the cult in Texas were not Christian but a weird variant of the Church of the Latter Day Saints (aka Mormon). LDS do not consider themselves Christian per se.

Kelli, yes, scientologists as part of their personality profile told me that I would be dead within 5 years if I did not join them and let them clear me.

Go Sox

Posted at 8:52AM on Apr 28th 2008 by Baseball Junkie

86. It's a REAL SHAME that tom & nicole adopted these kids. They deserved better than they got. They did NOT get a loving mother & father & family atmosphere. All they got was tossed BACK & FORTH like two little aliens . SHAME ON THOSE TWO PARENTS! As for tom & katie....WHAT A SHAM! He showboats her around & that baby like they are his little prizes. Who knows WHAT IT'S LIKE in the home...but I bet it is JUST AS CONTROLLING. Do you notice when he's out in public with katie , that he ALWAYS has to be handling her...guiding her...it shows that he is VERY INSECURE, and when he is out with the other two kids...his hands are in his pockets...NEVER showing any kind of affection to them. NOW OPRAH wants to have him back on her show...WHAT A CROCK! SHE wants RATINGS.....I cannot stand her either because she is JUST AS PHONY AS HE IS!

Posted at 8:48AM on Apr 28th 2008 by judy judy judy

87. I'm another of the people who was told by scientology that I would commit suicide if I did not let them help me. As my screen name indicates, I am bipolar. I was suicidal. It's a frequent part of the illness. But scientology could not help me. Bipolar is a biochemical imbalance in the brain and only the right balance of medications will help. I was lucky because I did get medical help but I'm sure I'm not the only person with bipolar that scientology has told they could cure. I don't know how many people they've killed because of it but I wouldn't be surprised if the number was in the thousands.
Scientology is an evil cult. Anyone who thinks it's a religion is blinding themselves to the truth and lying to the rest of the world.

Posted at 8:53AM on Apr 28th 2008 by Bipolarsufferer

88. It's a REAL SHAME that tom & nicole adopted these kids. They deserved better than they got. They did NOT get a loving mother & father & family atmosphere. All they got was tossed BACK & FORTH like two little aliens . SHAME ON THOSE TWO PARENTS! As for tom & katie....WHAT A SHAM! He showboats her around & that baby like they are his little prizes. Who knows WHAT IT'S LIKE in the home...but I bet it is JUST AS CONTROLLING. Do you notice when he's out in public with katie , that he ALWAYS has to be handling her...guiding her...it shows that he is VERY INSECURE, and when he is out with the other two kids...his hands are in his pockets...NEVER showing any kind of affection to them. NOW OPRAH wants to have him back on her show...WHAT A CROCK! SHE wants RATINGS.....I cannot stand her either because she is JUST AS PHONY AS HE IS!

Posted at 8:51AM on Apr 28th 2008 by judy judy judy

89. Tom is just wanting to be seen with the older kids cause it got leaked out that Nicole is wanting to pull them away from his occult beliefs.

Posted at 8:51AM on Apr 28th 2008 by Lisa

90. I have not seen a photo of Connor and Isabella before? You hear a lot about Tom and also about Nicole Kidman-Urban.
How is it they have kept these children so hidden, while Suri has been widely shown off? Who do Connor and Isabella live with?

Posted at 9:05AM on Apr 28th 2008 by tkbrnch