Mars needs religion...

Very interesting article over at Salon about Tom Cruise's apparent new role as a Scientology missionary, and the possible relation to his elevation in rank over at the Church of Scientology.

You know, I'm very libertarian in the sense that, as long as your beliefs don't impinge on others, I'm all for you believing whatever you want to believe. In fact, that's my one big beef with organized religion as a whole, is the general ground swell to get nonbelievers to "see the light." So even though I'm not a religious guy, I can understand where people's beliefs in most of the major religions come from. But this whole Xenu thing is utterly mindboggling to me.