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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 09:58 AM
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~*BREAKING*~Tom Cruise says he believes in aliens
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050629/od_nm/germany_cruise_dc

BERLIN (Reuters) - Hollywood actor Tom Cruise not only battles creatures from outer space in his latest film "War of the Worlds," he also believes aliens really exist, he told a German newspaper Wednesday.

Asked in an interview with the tabloid daily Bild if he believed in aliens, Cruise said: "Yes, of course. Are you really so arrogant as to believe we are alone in this universe?"

"Millions of stars, and we're supposed to be the only living creatures? No, there are many things out there, we just don't know," Cruise, 42, said in the interview published in German.
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BlondieK143 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 09:59 AM
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1. "We just don't know"
Sorry, but I agree. :shrug: How do we know?
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 12:29 PM
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31. Ditto
When you consider how huge the universe is, it's definitely possible. Now whether or not they've actually visited earth is a completely different issue. But I definitely think it's reasonable to think that some form of intelligent life exists elsewhere.
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Teaser Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 09:59 AM
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2. Xenu would be proud!
nt
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 09:59 AM
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3. A reasonable statement.
n/t
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 10:00 AM
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4. I agree with Tom Cruise
:shrug:
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 11:52 AM
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28. We thought you might, puny human


Now come back with me to the mother ship. I promise to warm the probe up for you this time.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 12:05 PM
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29. I like having my probe warmed
:D
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 10:00 AM
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5. To be honest
This is the first time I agree with the guy. I know it's not "cool" to believe in that stuff, but I don't give a shit what is cool or not..lol.
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 10:00 AM
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6. for once, the man talks sense
:shrug:
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 10:01 AM
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7. Will the wonders ever cease?
I believe in them too... But, for entirely different
reasons. I'm looking for a ride out of this hell hole.
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TreasonousBastard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 10:02 AM
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8. I HOPE there's somebody else out there...
because with all those billions and billions of stars out there, it's pretty depressing to think that that this is as good as it gets.

Whether or not they're here or not...
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aden_nak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 10:02 AM
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9. Visitation is up in the air. But math-wise, we cannot possibly be alone.
For all we know, that could mean that on some other planet, a race of overgrown garden slugs injests methane and bangs on rocks with, well, other rocks. Not all "aliens" have to have warp drive, ya know.
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Teaser Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 10:12 AM
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14. The question is...
is "other life" something we would recognize as such? Or intelligence? Is what we call "intelligence" specific to large lifeforms with which we are familiar? A significant fraction of our intelligence arises from the manner in which we are embodied. A very different alien might be so different from us that we would never even recognize it as alive, much less conscious or intelligent.
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aden_nak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 10:16 AM
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15. Case In Point:
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AlGore-08.com Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 10:04 AM
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10. Aliens to one side... Cruise shouting "Are YOU really so arrogant... "
Edited on Wed Jun-29-05 10:05 AM by AlGore-08.com
:rofl:

You're just GLIB, Tom! YOU'RE GLIB!!
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 10:17 AM
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16. Thank you
that is what sold this little story to me.

Wow Tom Cruise calling someone arrogant
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Bush_Eats_Beef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 10:05 AM
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11. He also belives that "Earth was called Teegeeack 75 million years ago"
But I'd like to believe that HE doesn't believe in OT VIII...

...in which L. Ron Hubbard tells of his return as the AntiChrist:

"I will return not as a religious leader but a political one. That happens to be the requisite beingness for the task at hand. I will not be known to most of you, my activities misunderstood by many, yet along with your constant effort in the theta band I will effectively postpone and then halt a series of events designed to make happy slaves of us all."



http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Fishman/Declaration/ot8b.html
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rman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 11:17 AM
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26. But he wasn't asked about that, so he gets off the hook.
Concerning the statement that he made in the context that it's in, i can only agree.
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Ready4Change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 10:07 AM
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12. Millions of stars, you say?
He's SOOO positive he is right about everything.

Millions of stars. Gee, that's a lot, Mr. Cruise. You sure are smart. :sarcasm:
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 10:12 AM
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13. That sumbitch is gonna
blow my cover . . .
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MrPrax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 10:17 AM
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17. Lots of people believe in aliens...
just like lots of people think ritalin is being overprescribed to children and is INDEED a street drug...

It is really too bad that Scientologists have to mention it...
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HuckleB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 10:23 AM
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18. "There are many things out there, we just don't know."
Edited on Wed Jun-29-05 10:26 AM by HuckleB
Indeed.

Ah, but he knows enough to give health care advice to the world?

Hmmmmmm. Arrogance is as arrogance does, eh?

A ridiculous question and an all-too serious answer from a man going through a ridiculous phase of life.
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 10:24 AM
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19. What's wrong with what he said?
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BlondieK143 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 10:36 AM
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21. It's Tom Cruise.
Didn't you get the memo that everything he says is bullshit? :eyes:
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bpcmxr Donating Member (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 10:35 AM
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20. If we really are alone in the universe,
I think it'd be, as Carl Sagan observed in Contact, "an awful waste of space".
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RedCloud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 10:37 AM
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22. We are not even alone on this planet!
Last time I checked I found all sorts of creatures and plants thriving. I guess I better go double check since Cruise suggests we are alone on this planet.

Now for extra dimensional fun. There could be multiple extraterrestrial visits without our knowing it... Hope they don't get too personal.
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Torgo Johnson Donating Member (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 11:06 AM
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23. That's hardly a surprise...
especially when he believes that their ghosts are attacking our bodies.
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Merrick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 11:11 AM
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24. Aliens? They're sneaking over the border as we speak!
And if it weren't for those proud, patriotic Minutemen my 3$/hr strawberry picking job would be in jeopardy! To your posts with your cell phones and six packs able bodied men!
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Yavin4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 11:12 AM
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25. Does Anyone Else Remember A Time When Actors Weren't Lunatics
I miss the old days when actors would just get a woman pregnant.
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 11:28 AM
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27. I agree with Cruise; after all, look at Bush...
If Bush is the leader of the most powerful nation on the planet, you just know there has be intelligent life SOMEWHERE out there...
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 12:22 PM
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30. There's a big diff between life on other planets and alien vistors
Too bad our first visitors are The Alien Lizard Overlords we call "Republicans"
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