7 Black Celebrities Who Suprisingly Practice or Dabbled In Scientology

August 3rd, 2012 - By IndigoBlack

Ever since Tom Cruise made public his adoration for Scientology years ago in a bizarre fashion (by publicly scolding Brooke Shields for taking medication to battle postpartum depression), Scientology has been getting somewhat of a bad rap in every form of media. People have tried to call it a cult and say that members are being brainwashed. I don’t know about all that, but I do know that when Cruise’s wife Katie Holmes allegedly divorced him to keep their daughter Suri from having to study the religion, every ex-member of the Church of Scientology came out of the wood works on TV to denounce the religion. For a few good weeks there, the religion was just getting a lot of shade. But in the process of doing some research on it, I found that many prominent black celebs are members or have taken classes to get them through hard times. Here are just a few…

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Al  Jarreau

Your dad’s favorite singer, the award-winning jazz singer became affiliated with the Church of Scientology in the late ’60s. Back when people really started catching wind of the religion, Jarreau was noted as one of many celebrities who said that Scientology had changed their life for the better and even played a role in his success. However, these days, Jarreau is no longer affiliated with the Church of Scientology. Why he parted ways with it is unclear, but he’s just one of many who chucked the deuces to it all.

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  • nyp

    Scientology is a joke “religion” whose sole purpose is to separate its members from their money. They are so secretive about their “religion” I feel pretty certain they hover in the realm of a cult. Really great pieces on the “religion”: Paul Haggis’ New Yorker article and a book entitled Going Clear by Lawrence Wright. The later piece contains great primary sources which are quite compelling.

  • http://twitter.com/eshowoman Friday Foster-ABWW

    Hey I they want to be a part of a religion whose founder called us the n-word, supported apartheid and defamed Africans, more power to them.

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