Reply #13: And I agree that Cruise is in the wrong from the perspective of... [View All]

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...going against the agreement they made. From a legal and/or parenting perspective he's being a jerk (and for the record I loathe him to beging with). But I can't help thinking that people would be taking the opposite reaction if he were bitching about her taking them to Catholic church. I'm an atheist so to me all religion or belief seems the same to me. There's definitely a certain amount of hypocricy amongst religious people mocking Tom Cruise and the whole scientology deal.

As for the degree of isolation thing, how is that any different than say the Amish or Hasidic judaism or mormons or any religious group that encourages staying within that group as much as possible when it comes to association and such.