Dear Mr. Langone,

I've sent you the letter below by regular mail with a check; just thought I'd send you a head's up by e-mail also. The letter is written as though we'd never discussed the donation, it was simply easier to write that way. Please let me know by e-mail when the letter and check arrive.

Tom Cruise recently sent plaques to journalists and made donations to Scientology groups in the name of those journalists–this has been reported in various places on the Net, including contactmusic.com on March 16, 2005. One such story is at Cruise Encourages Press To Accept Scientology

In the same spirit, we are donating $1000 to the International Cultic Studies Association in Tom Cruise's name, and sending him a certificate listing cult characteristics, which came from your group's research. Tom Cruise is the top promoter for this cult, but remains woefully uninformed about its mind control aspects. We hope he receives the certificate or at least hears about it, and that he has a chance to reflect on how the Church of Scientology perfectly fits the list. We also hope he realizes it was intrusive and presumptuous of him to make donations in someone else's name.

We have admired your organization for working to expose the excesses and abuses of the Church of Scientology, both now and when its name was the American Family Foundation.

Here is the note we are sending with the certificate;

'Dear Mr. Cruise, We've read of your recent donations to charity on behalf of others and felt you would appreciate our effort. We are happy, therefore, to send you this certificate entitled 'Marks of a Destructive Cult' and inform you that a donation has been made in your name to the International Cultic Studies Association.

Barb alt.religion.scientology newsgroup poster
Tam Best alt.religion.scientology newsgroup poster
Biscuit alt.religion.scientology newsgroup poster
Cerridwen alt.religion.scientology newsgroup poster
Valerie Emanuel http://www.scientology-kills.org
Feisty alt.religion.scientology newsgroup poster
Mike Gormez http://www.whyaretheydead.net
Tilman Hausherr http://www.xenu.de
Andreas Heldal-Lund http://www.xenu.net
Arnaldo Lerma http://www.lermanet.com
Moontaco alt.religion.scientology newsgroup poster
Tom Padgett alt.religion.scientology newsgroup poster
Quaoar alt.religion.scientology newsgroup poster
David Rice alt.religion.scientology newsgroup poster
Tigger civil rights advocate
Prof. David S. Touretzky free speech activist
and seven donators who wished to remain anonymous.

Marks of a Destructive Cult

1) Mind control (undue influence)--- Manipulation by use of coercive persuasion or behavior modification techniques without informed consent.

2) Charismatic leadership--- claiming divinity or special knowledge and demanding unquestioning obedience with power and privilege.

3) Deception--- recruiting and fund raising with hidden objectives and without full disclosure of the use of mind controlling techniques; use of front groups.

4) Exclusivity: Secretiveness or vagueness by followers regarding activities and beliefs.

5) Alienation: Separation from family, friends and society, a change in values and substitution of the cult as the new family; evidence of subtle or abrupt personality changes.

6) Exploitation: Can be financial, physical, or psychological.

7) Totalitarian World view (we/they syndrome): Effecting dependence, promoting goals of the group over the individual and approving unethical behavior while claiming goodness.