Crooked in Canada

In the few days since John Travolta’s son Jett died in the bathroom in a holiday home in the Bahamas, there has been plenty said about how he died, and speculation as to whether or not the ideologies of the Church of Scientology, a whacked out religion that espouses that we are descendants of space aliens, and a cult that both Travolta and his wife belong to, could have factored into their son’s death.

It seems Scientologists, when it comes to the well-being of their fellow brethren and sisterhood; don’t exactly embrace some of the medical tenets that most rational people buy into when it comes to neurological diseases or disorders, like autism and psychological disorders for example.

As far as Scientology is concerned they know better when it comes to such things. Obviously they don’t know well enough otherwise Travolta and his family wouldn’t be grieving their loss today. I have no doubt that the grand mal seizure that Jett suffered is directly related to the autism that Travolta refuses to acknowledge his son had.

As mean as I sound, it is going to be pretty hard for anybody to convince me that the if it wasn’t for the Church of Scientology and Travolta’s reluctance to accept that his son had autism, funeral plans wouldn’t be happening and an autopsy wouldn’t have had to be performed. I think Jett would still be alive if it wasn’t for the Church of Scientology’s beliefs. But that’s just my opinion as cold-hearted as it sounds.

And about that Kawasaki disease, the disease many at first were blaming for Jett’s death, it’s an illness that involves the skin, mouth, and lymph nodes, and most often occurs in children under 5. At the time of his death Jett was sixteen and the likelihood Kawasaki disease took his life were slim and none (the coroner has already confirmed that that wasn’t what caused Jett’s death) given that he would have almost certainly been diagnosed with the disease and treated for the disease immediately upon its discovery, and given that I don’t think the Travolta’s would have spared any expense to treat the disease, that if it does go untreated, would cause serious complications that affect the heart.

Jett may have had the disease when he was a little kid, but it is autism that dogged Jett for the 16 years he was alive. Having worked on the front lines with autistic adults and children in the past while living in Calgary, I feel confident enough in the knowledge I have gained from working with the autistic population to assert that I know autism when I see it, and seeing video of Jett interacting with his family convinces me that he was indeed an autistic child. Of course it would require a neurologist to confirm such a diagnosis, but in Jett’s case that isn’t going to happen as long as Travolta and Scientology have anything to say about it.

That said, I think if the Travolta’s and the Church of Scientology actually acknowledged that autism requires the use of medication to treat such a neurological disorder, and if Jett would have been allowed access to treatment for autism, the poor kid would be alive today.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston let their beliefs get in the way of the well-being of their child, after all they were doting parents, but their beliefs prevented them from doing what was in their son’s best interests and that was seeking treatment for his autism. In other words I’m saying they played God with their son’s life because they have been brainwashed by the Church of Scientology.

I feel for the Travolta family, but I have to question whether or not they contributed to their son’s death, irregardless of how small or trivial that contribution might have been.  Religion, especially religion that believes we are descendants of space aliens, causes people to do stupid things sometimes despite those stupid things being done with the best of intentions.

That said; the only other question I have is how come nobody realized that Jett was missing in the house for several hours before his body was found in the bathroom of the vacation home? Where was everybody, and how could a special needs child’s “non-presence” for several hours go unnoticed by people who are at his disposal 24/7.  I find that rather odd.  Something doesn’t add up.

Curiously enough the Spanish magazine XL Semanal has reported on its website that during an interview with Tom Cruise he claims that Scientology teachings helped him to overcome childhood dyslexia.

There is no mention of when that interview took place, but the timing of the report is a little curious given that questions are already be raised as to the role Scientology beliefs might have played in Jett’s short life and well-being.

I’m going to assume for the time being that the interview happened after the sudden death of Jett, and that Cruise anticipating that Scientology beliefs would raise some questions, a by-product of which would be negative publicity for the cult-like religious group, decided to take it upon himself to head of the negative publicity by claiming that Scientology helped him to overcome his childhood dyslexia. What isn’t mentioned on the website is Cruise saying that he could have overcome his dyslexia without the help of Scientology, and long before he became a member of Scientology. I wonder if Cruise thinks Scientology could have helped Jett overcome autism, if in fact it turns out that Jett suffered from the neurological disorder.

Although not official, the cause of Jett’s death was seizure.

An autopsy revealed that there was no trauma to his head, therefore he did not his head as was early suggested by “apparently in the know” when the story of Jett’s death first broke.

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