If anything, Tom Cruise should scare the hell out of anyone even considering involvement w/ Scientology. He has his little girlfriend so brainwashed, you just have to feel sorry for people like that.
our ancestors are descendants of an alien race of superior powers. these aliens descended down to earth to create a race in their own iimages. picture the opening scene of 2001 space odyssey.
Simple, we may become superior to them because we argue, we fight, we never submit, we...
They are a scared bunch.
They? They can't improve anymore while we are only at the beginning of the climb.