Andrew Morton's Tom Cruise bio 'shocking claims'

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I was being a bit of a shit stirrer before but I can't help it when I see people react indignantly to the suggestion that obesity is usually caused by over consumption of calories.

This kind of ties in to the hatred of the self help industry that is palpable on this board at times. For some people it seems don't want to accept that the solutions to many of their problem's are in their own hands. From a cause effect point of view obesity is probably the simplest fucking problem you will ever have to solve.

Okay, I'm pro-shit-stirring and pro-bullshit-detecting, but how does this relate to what Oprah and Dr. Phil were telling women who had been diagnosed with hypothyroidism?

Look up my thread on Oprah wherein I detail the advice she and her doctor guest gave about hypothyroidism. These twits advised r & r (presumably not at Oprah's Hawaiian retreat where she went to be "cured" of the disease)for a very real medical condition which requires medication, which she and the doctory scrupulously avoided mentioning. She's also allowed Dr. Phil to berate women who think, based on their symptoms, they may have the disease. "You're not sick, you're fat!" But of course, Oprah herself is really sick.

And...

http://www.rigorousintuition.ca/board/v ... 650#139650

[Horatio Hellpop]

women who think, based on their symptoms, they may have the disease

I guess the point is I'm all for people bringing up legitimate criticisms of Oprah and Dr Phil, but this was not in my opinion a legitimate criticism.

I couldn't care less for Oprah or Dr Phil to be honest. But I don't think she and he are evil incarnate for telling a bunch of fat people that they are fat.

have you found many examples of scientology theory being promoted during her shows?

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[theeKultleeder]

Suri is the dreaded moonchild.... it took this long (so many decades) but the Babalon baby that Hubbard and Parsons tried to call down has finally incarnated.

Chilling indeed.

[sunny]

Horatio, I'm not saying that every fat person has hypothyroidism. But to imply that no one who is fat has the disease is equally wrong.

I'm not going to get deep into a debate about it, but your thyroid regulates your metabolism, so if you are hypothyroid, your metabolism is underperforming, making it nearly impossible to lose weight, even with extreme caloric restriction. Perhaps a person didn't get fat because of the disease, but because of menopause, soy consumption, genetics and other factors, they developed the disease and are unable to lose the weight.

Your attitude is exactly what women with the disease have dealt with from doctors for a long time, which leaves a vast number of people undiagnosed and putting them at risk for further health complications, even death.

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Remember a few months ago when Miscivage announced that Tom was the "Jesus" of Scientology?

And now we have rumors that he is giving birth to a baby Messiah.

Strange shit.

[streeb]

Remember a few months ago when Miscivage announced that Tom was the "Jesus" of Scientology?

I called the CoS PR department about that, and was told that the story was bogus, and that the source - the Sun newspaper in the UK - was part of a "right wing smear campaign" against the church. I was also told that the CoS has no deity or deities, and therefore Maverick could not be its Jesus.

Tkl's not-entirely-serious idea about Suri being the Moonchild had crossed my mind, by the way.

[theeKultleeder]

Yes, homoerotic mutual masturbation has finally worked to conceive a child.

Yay magick!

[Stephen Morgan]

the Sun newspaper in the UK - was part of a "right wing smear campaign"

Well, it belongs to Rupert Murdoch.

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will smith:



[link]http://wwtdd.com/post.phtml?pk=3354[/link]Will Smith has joined the ranks of Hollywood power players actively recruiting for the Church of Scientology.
Big stars traditionally distribute "wrap presents" to crew members after completing a film. His recent gift after wrapping next summer's comedy "Hancock" was a card good for a personality test at your local Scientology center.
Never mind that such tests are given free by the church anyway. The quiz is designed to convert people to the religion by identifying personality flaws that - surprise! - Scientology can fix right up for you.
Smith, who is best buddies with Scientology booster Tom Cruise, has never confirmed that he joined the church. But he told "Access Hollywood" last month: "I was introduced to it by Tom, and I'm a student of world religion. I was raised in a Baptist household. I went to a Catholic school, but the ideas of the Bible are 98% the same ideas of Scientology, 98% the same ideas of Hinduism and Buddhism."

[Eldritch]

I called the CoS PR department about that, and was told that the story was bogus…

Of course the Church of Scientology PR department would never tell a lie...

[streeb]

Of course the Church of Scientology PR department would never tell a lie...

Yes, of course - I didn't call them expecting to hear the truth. I called them expecting to hear their PR.

But the story didn't have legs, either.

[Crow]

My grandfather, who survived 2 POW camps and a death march in Africa was the one who originally made this comment to me. I wasn't aware that it was a commonly made argument.

Unfortunately, it is. It's rather insulting to the people who did NOT survive the camp, but your grandfather can get away with saying such things, I guess.

I was being a bit of a shit stirrer before but I can't help it when I see people react indignantly to the suggestion that obesity is usually caused by over consumption of calories.

Unfortunately, obesity is rarely so mechanistic. There are often genetic issues and family issues and, most often, outright food addiction and other eating disorders involved as well. These emotional issues are extremely difficult; our society does not know how to cope with them effectively. Hence, there is a lot of denial and people make all kinds of crazy excuses. What else are you going to do?

I have seen a few people (generally men) become obese out of (apparently) sheer bad habitry, but this is relatively rare.

This kind of ties in to the hatred of the self help industry that is palpable on this board at times. For some people it seems don't want to accept that the solutions to many of their problem's are in their own hands. From a cause effect point of view obesity is probably the simplest fucking problem you will ever have to solve.

The self-help industry is a mixed bag, and Rigorous posters (including, obvs, Jeff) have actually done a rather good job of pointing out its flaws, which are subtle but dangerous.

[theeKultleeder]

Get dianetic auditing for hypothyroiathingymajiggy!

KIDDING!

Really though, a lot of it is the homeostatic baseline set by the typically poor commercial diet fed to poor unwitting children.

I have a beer belly, and I've never been slender, but my Momma breast fed me, and then home made babyfood for me with fresh vegetables and fruits. She also used cloth diapers! (Damn hippies...)

There is more than meets the eye here, more than mere disease, and I suspect that hypothyroidism, in early or latent stages, could be corrected with self-discipline, like some types of diabetes.