Today's random postings

Two actresses that are still prominent and significant, even though their respective shows are now off the air: Kirstie Alley and Leah Remini. Apparently they are the best of friends. They proved it when Leah appeared on Kirstie's Fat Actress as herself and when Kirstie guest starred on King Of Queens, also as herself. They both did those things as a favor to the other, it would seem.

The problem I have when these two? They're both in the Church of Scientology. I recently learned that the only reason Kirstie never guest-starred on Frasier in her Cheers character is because Fraiser was a psychiatrist and Scientologists don't believe in psychiatry. Or in taking medication for depression either, they think ordinary vitamins work a lot better.

Anyway, one difference between Kirstie and Leah is that Kirstie was originally a movie actress and then moved onto numerous TV show roles. On the other hand, Leah has always just done TV, I don't believe I've ever seen her in a movie.

And Leah gained weight in the middle of King Of Queen's run and looked particularly porky. But then it seemed as if she lost it later on. The same cannot be said for Kirstie. Her whole Fat Actress show was about her life in Hollywood now that she was really big, and her being unable to get work as a result. John Travolta even appeared as himself because the two did the Look Who's Talking movies a real long time ago. His career has had it's ups and downs (Pulp Fiction: up, Battlefield Earth: down) but he seems to still consistantly get work. Kirstie, for a while, did not. Oh, and he and his wife are Scientologists, too.

I cannot properly express just how much I thoroughly loathe and detest Scientology and Scientologists. As I once said, if I were ever to talk to somebody and they said that they were one, I would immediately break off contact with this person and move on. I choose to consciously avoid people for that reason, as well as for other reasons as well. I just have no patience or tolerance for certain things. Life is too short, you know what I'm saying?

In my way of thinking, Scientology is not even a real religion! And this is *my* blog, so I have the right to express my opinions about it. Just so you know where I'm coming from.

There are numerous aspects of Christianity to consider. I was not brought up in any one major religious background, and I choose to not follow any specific one. Not even Satanism! Hey, that's a religion too, and so is Atheism, in a way. I have no religious beliefs of any kind, and I'm proud to say that that's my right! But I can still say what I really don't like about religions in general.

One thing I can't understand is why Jehovah's Witnesses refuse to accept blood transfusions. They would rather let a loved one die instead of accepting a donation of a pint of blood that ordinarily would save their life. Coincidentally, the entire Jackson family are J.W.'s. That's right, the *Jacksons*. As if that family didn't already have enough problems!

As for Mormons, they're too religiously-oriented and incredibly conservative about everything to my liking. Plus the idea in the media that got attributed to them that all Mormons are bigamists certainly doesn't help their image any, either. Plus, their families are absolutely huge! The Osmonds, anyone?

I'm going to reserve judgment on the other major religions, such as Judism, Islam, and Buddhism, as my knowledge of them is incomplete. I need to do further research before I decide to comment on them. I don't know of there being anyone against Buddists, but both Jews and Muslims have had to deal with a lot of prejudice against them for thousands of years.

That's it for now. Until next time...