Craig a scientologist?

evilhenchman

I heard a rumor on IMDb that the church of scientology confirmed Daniel Craig as a scientology priest. Could this be true? A source claimed that Craig was caught in a scientologist church in England and didn't comment when asked. I sure hope not. Curse you L. Ron Hubbard! Your brainwashing technology has elevated your cult to world domination! And to anyone who's a scientologist I take medication for a mood disorder, so does that make me an evil nutjob in your opinion?



To see the source of the rumor click on this link:
http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/by-name/d/daniel-craig.html

To see the forum that posted this info click on this link:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381061/board/thread/59688845

Barry Nelson

Although I think Scientology is a bunch of hooey, Craig has every right to believe whatever he is chooses.

highhopes

If he wants to give those people his hard-earned Bond salary, it's up to him. At least he doesn't proselytize ala Tom Cruise.

But are we sure it's him? Daniel Craig is not the most unusual name in the world, and the other people on the list are not celebrities.

Zach

I also take medicine for a mood disorder, and if Craig is a scientologist then I'll have to cry. It's probably not true, but if it is, then I am going to be a very sad man....

Klaus Hergescheimer

Please. Daniel Craig is one of the most common combinations of names you could possibly conceive. There is absolutely no way you can say for sure that this is him.

I'll chalk this up to a crock. I find it very hard to believe that a no-nonsense kind of guy like Craig would believe this crap.

Hardyboy

Well, Scientology is kind of a fashionable belief among the celebrity set--Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Kirstie Alley--so I wouldn't be surprised if Craig was involved. But, as HH says, Craig can believe in whatever he wants--makes no nevermind to me. Personally, though, I don't have enough money to be a Scientologist; and if I were going to follow a belief system based on a science fiction author's writings, I'd take Philip K. Dick over Hubbard any day of the week!

highhopes

Someone at IMDB noted that Scientology frowns on drinking and SWEARING -- it can't be Craig, or he's the most undevout devotee in the church. )

highhopes

As we speak there's a guy in LA who just received a letter from the Church of Scientology quadrupling his church tithe because of his great success in "Casino Royale."

Klaus Hergescheimer

Hardyboy wrote:

Well, Scientology is kind of a fashionable belief among the celebrity set--Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Kirstie Alley--so I wouldn't be surprised if Craig was involved. But, as HH says, Craig can believe in whatever he wants--makes no nevermind to me. Personally, though, I don't have enough money to be a Scientologist; and if I were going to follow a belief system based on a science fiction author's writings, I'd take Philip K. Dick over Hubbard any day of the week!

But Craig has made very anti-Hollywood statements, often discussing how much he hates going there, etc..

I find this rumor extremely hard to believe.

Johmss

evilhenchman wrote:

I heard a rumor on IMDb that the church of scientology confirmed Daniel Craig as a scientology priest. Could this be true? A source claimed that Craig was caught in a scientologist church in England and didn't comment when asked. I sure hope not. Curse you L. Ron Hubbard! Your brainwashing technology has elevated your cult to world domination! And to anyone who's a scientologist I take medication for a mood disorder, so does that make me an evil nutjob in your opinion?



To see the source of the rumor click on this link:
http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/by-name/d/daniel-craig.html

To see the forum that posted this info click on this link:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381061/board/thread/59688845

"Does it look like I give a damn?"

Scientology stopeed being a way of life or even a religion, now it is a fashion (no offence intended), so probably someone who wants to bring (take) people over there, make that rumour with curious info. If in fact he is.. good for him.

I don't care if Craig is it, but i only hope that James Bond post CR became one... let him be what he is.

evilhenchman

If Criag is a scientologist, he may give lots of our money to them so they can scam more hapless souls into their evil cult! Otherwise I'd just be fine with it.

Zach

highhopes wrote:

As we speak there's a guy in LA who just received a letter from the Church of Scientology quadrupling his church tithe because of his great success in "Casino Royale."

Well I do know that Paul Haggis is a scientologist, so it's probably him.

acenavigator1

I doubt its him -unless they are very liberal minded. Craig stated himself as a Guardian reader, which is a left wing newspaper here in the UK. THat doesn't seem to hold with scientologist views, couple that with the guiness drinking and swearing looks unlikely

lavabubble

If anyone has seen the interview he did with UK GQ magazine and all the swearing in there he is certainly no advert for the lack of profanity in scientology circles if he is one!!

May I be so bold as to also suggest that being a brought up as a Liverpool lad in his teens he wouldn't be parting with his hard-earned to anyone

Hardyboy

acenavigator1 wrote:

I doubt its him -unless they are very liberal minded. Craig stated himself as a Guardian reader, which is a left wing newspaper here in the UK. THat doesn't seem to hold with scientologist views, couple that with the guiness drinking and swearing looks unlikely

Well, I can't begin to count the number of people I've known whose public behavior runs counter to their professed religious beliefs. Mormons aren't supposed to drink coffee, yet I've known those who do just that; Jews should avoid pork products, yet I've known those who love ham. . .I could go on and on. As for scientology, I'm not sure how "conservative" a religion it is--again, it holds a LOT of appeal for celebrities (I would argue because a tenet of the faith is that you can become perfect in this life), and plenty of scientologist actors cuss like sailors in their movies.

darenhat

highhopes wrote:

Someone at IMDB noted that Scientology frowns on drinking and SWEARING -- it can't be Craig, or he's the most undevout devotee in the church. )

I suppose this would make him 'half-monk' then. Craig's welcome to believe whatever he wants, but if he is on a 'path to reaching perfection' it would seem he has a long way to go. Maybe the tithes make up for it, though. I don't know how it works.

Napoleon Plural

If there's no other source for this info, I think we have to assume that Craig in not a scientologist!

manichotlip

I should like to tie a comment to this -

All the before mentioned actors or celebs are Americans..... Craig isn't... how many European actors and celebs are known to be members of the Scientology organisation? Not many.....

Just an observation!

Like many of you ppl, I don't believe he's a scientologist. He's far too sensible and independant for that.

FightingIrish

I've looked all over, and have found no proof that Craig is a $cientologist.

First off, most of the entertainment celebrity $cientologists are pretty close to the whole Hollywood scene. Craig hates Hollywood, and seems to do most of his work in Europe.

Plus, there's not a whole lot of European celeb $cientologists anyway.

And if Craig was involved with them, I'm sure the 'church' and some of their more prominent members would have said something about it. They certainly aren't discreet about their beliefs.

So, I highly doubt Craig is involved with the Hubbard gang. Though I did find a few former Bond women that are, including Jill St. John from DAF and Barbara Carrera from NSNA.