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What do you think about Will Smith's donations to scientology?

oiprocs

oiprocs

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Donated ~$123,000 to 3 scientology causes last year.
Kids go to a private school where some scientology beliefs are taught. Has paid over $1mil to this school.
Maintains that he is a Christian. Wife Jada is a devout scientologist.

Personally, I'm saddened that one of my favorite characters from a tv show donates money to what I consider an elaborate scheme to take money from others. Fresh Prince was the shiznit and I've enjoyed pretty much all of his movies, so seeing him okay with scientology really sucks.

**not an atheist, if that matters
 
Originally posted by: paulney
Let them waste money as they see fit. I don't care.
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They are of course free to waste their own money as they see fit, but it's much more heart-warming to see Bill Gates donating billions to valid charities that solve real problems in the world than seeing people donate to corrupt organizations that don't seem to do much good for others.

Correct me if I'm wrong...maybe Scientology does spend some of their money on charity, but it seems like all they do is use it to build big elaborate buildings and hire legal attack dogs to silence critics.
 
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
How much did he donate to other causes?
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Will Smith gives generously to many causes, and one of them is the Church of Scientology. A Fox News report on his charitable foundation's tax return shows that $122,500 was donated to Scientology causes, out of $1.3 million given overall.
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Had no idea Jada was a scientologist. She must have gotten interested in that shit after being in The Matrix.
 
Asinine, but it's his money to do whatever asinine things he wishes. It's sad that such a seemingly intelligent person who would pay any respect to people who want to teach lies and fairy-tale bullshit to innocent children, though. I can't watch a film of his without thinking "what a moron".
 
Originally posted by: oiprocs
Donated ~$123,000 to 3 scientology causes last year.
Kids go to a private school where some scientology beliefs are taught. Has paid over $1mil to this school.
Maintains that he is a Christian. Wife Jada is a devout scientologist.

Personally, I'm saddened that one of my favorite characters from a tv show donates money to what I consider an elaborate scheme to take money from others. Fresh Prince was the shiznit and I've enjoyed pretty much all of his movies, so seeing him okay with scientology really sucks.

**not an atheist, if that matters
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ummm....am I wrong here or is this his money that he earned?

he could wear it as a diaper as far as I am concerned.

I am sure you spend money on things they see as a waste.....is it any of their business?

 
Originally posted by: oiprocs
Personally, I'm saddened that one of my favorite characters from a tv show donates money to what I consider an elaborate scheme to take money from others. Fresh Prince was the shiznit and I've enjoyed pretty much all of his movies, so seeing him okay with scientology really sucks.
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Just about every religion in the world has been spun to make money off of others, this is not limited to Scientology. I agree, Scientology seems like it's skewed in this direction, but it is far from the only one being used to scam people out of their money.
 
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
I think I don't give a shit what he does with his money.
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Agreed.

While I personally think Scientology is a farce, IMO, it's not much more of a farce than any of the other organized religions.


Originally posted by: 13Gigatons
In Hollywood you're either a Jew or a Scientologist.
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Sure seems to be the case, doesn't it?

(fixed "you're" obvious grammatical error) 😀
 
donating an insignificant sum of money to him gets Jada to swallow his Hancock. Seems like a legit donation to me.
 
Another actor to add to the list of "Do not watch their movies"
Will Smith
John Travolta
Tom Cruise
Katie Holmes
Janeane Garofalo
Whoopi Goldberg
Oprah Winfrey
 
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