Who is Xenu?

Just thought -- with all this stupid crap Tom Cruise is spouting, it enrages me that the press casually mention that celebrities are Scientologists without mentioning what Scientology is based on.

Most people seem to think -- even if they think it is wacky -- it is some quasi-science-based religion of some kind. Nothing could be further from the truth. This page explains exactly what the core belief of Scientology is, something Scientologists only have revealed to them long after they have been suckered in with promises of being healed of whatever their emotional or physical problems are, handed over upwards of $100,000, and been thoroughly brainwashed -- because let's face it, after you read this, your jaw will drop in astonishment that successful, apparently moderately intelligent people like Cruise or John Travolta actually believe this stuff.

The question the press needs to ask every Scientologist who makes an issue of it is: Who is Xenu? Beware -- Scientologists say that reading this information without the appropriate indoctrination will kill you instantly! Either that, or make you run screaming from the next Scientologist you meet.