As rumors have it, Katie Holmes filed for divorce from Tom Cruise because she was afraid he was going to push some major Scientology voodoo on their 6-year-old daughter Suri. Apparently Tom was ready to pack the little gal up and ship her out to a crazy, militant brainwashing-esque group called Sea Organization. That may've been the final kick in Katie's butt to get her the hell outta Dodge.
As expected, most people are ecstatic for Katie and continue to bash Tom and his science-fiction-author-created "religion." I'm certainly no fan of Scientology. And if all the rumors are true, I hope the cult gets shut down for good. I'm also not a huge fan of Tom Cruise, though he does make some good movies. But unlike the majority of people embracing Katie these days, I've got to throw my supportive hat into Tom's ring.
Why? Simple. Katie knew what she was getting into. She knew Tom was extremely into Scientology. She knew he divorced Nicole Kidman and the baggage involved there. So why is she suddenly grabbing Tom's daughter and running now?
You can easily equate the whole situation to a mixed marriage. I'm not talking about skin color here, but religion. When someone Jewish marries someone Catholic, there's bound to be some friction down the line when kids come into the picture. Your choices are either to raise your kids under both religions or pick one from the onset.
Many times, parents will put off the religion discussion. "We'll figure it out when the kids are older," they'll say. And when the kids are older, that's when the disagreements start and things get ugly.
Is it fair to put your child in the middle of your and your spouse's religious war? Absolutely not. So talk it out before you even get married. You may only be thinking of yourself at that moment, but if you have strong religious beliefs to start with, then you need to think of your future kids.
In other words, don't be selfish. Yes you're in love and want to spend the rest of your life with this person, but if you have such differences of opinions on something like religion, it's only going to lead to heartache later on. You might as well just adopt a kid on your own in that case and not even bother with the whole marriage thing.
If nothing else, Tom Cruise has never kept his religious beliefs secret. If Katie disagreed with them from the onset, she never should have married Tom.
Do you think you should decide what religion you're going to raise your kids before you get married?
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"Do you think you should decide what religion you're going to raise your kids before you get married?"
Uh... I think the kids should be allowed to pick their own religion when they're old enough to understand that kind of stuff. Before then, it's just brainwashing.
NO, I don't think you should worry about what "religion to raise your children to be." Because I don't believe it's your business to choose your children's religion! I am Pagan, my husband is Christian. Religion is no issue at all for us, or for our children! When they are old enough, they will find their own path, until then, they certainly don't have to walk ours. I personally don't think Tom Cruise should be allowed out of a rubber room, let alone near children, that feeling is simply because Cruise is a creep though and has nothing to do with his faith. Katie is a loser, always has been! She married Cruise for publicity, and she got it. Now they have a daughter and she thinks yanking her away from her father over a faith he's had since before their joining is a good thing? Wow, super loser!
i agree, though i wouldn't wear a team tom shirt! to me, religion is one of those things that need to be hashed out before things even get serious. it's up there with "do you want kids?" no? and i do? that's not the relationship for you. if you don't care about religion either way, it could work, but she really should have known better.
my bf and i had a brief debate recently. we were both raised in conflicting religions. neither one of us are religious. his mom wants our child baptized catholic (i'm pregnant), and i'm opposed for a variety or reasons, amoung which it's a) not anyones decision but ours, and b) we're not going to raise him catholic. ever. he said it will make her happy. i said if we get him baptized catholic, we have to do mormon (my moms religion, and the one i was raised in and ran screaming from). that pretty much ended that debate right there. not sure he's told her yet.
I'm not "supporting" one over the other, but I do think you're being pretty hard on her. She probably thought she could do the whole Scientology thing in the beginning. They probably did have a talk. Not the talk they should have had, about how they'd bring up any children the marriage produced, but I'm sure there was a conversation. And Katie has been on board for a number of things, including the "silent birth", apparently a Scientology tradition. You said yourself that people enter into religiously mixed marriages all the time. And yes, sometimes people get on the same page, maybe one of them converts, and they decide how they'll raise their children. But these people are few and far between!!! Many couples don't even know if or when they'll have kids, and the idea of discussing how to raise them spiritually just doesn't come up. I think Katie was down for a lot of what being married to a Scientologist entailed, but as Suri got older she realized that was in fact not how she wanted to raise her daughter. She's not selfish, for God's sakes, she grew up, learned more, *became a mother*, and decided she couldn't move forward. I'm not going to bash Tom, but I'd say if anything Katie is courageous for having the guts to actually call it quits.
Really ludicris when people who know absolutely nothing about it expound their opinions.
I think that maybe in the beginning she was all wrapped up in love and didn't even really think about what she was getting into. But once all that new love wears off she saw what was happening.
To join in the gossip. When Kate met Tom I felt like he was doing interviews to see who could be his wife that he could train and groom. Not only the religious factor but more of a dominant issue. It seem around the time she had the baby she lost a certain sparkle in her eyes. But again we don't know why they are divorcing. It can be a number of reasons. For her to file for sole custody something else can be going on in her mind. She might be afraid that she won't have a relationship with her children like Nicole barely sees hers with Tom. This is a sad situation and I hope most of the rumors is not true for her sake.