The new trend means celebrities feel the need to grasp on to some new divine entity in order to belong.

Recently, it was revealed that Mel Gibson would be building a church for his Catholic movement.

Gibson is part of an ultra-conservative Catholic movement known as "traditionalism."

He and other members are attempting to revitalize Orthodox Catholic Practices.

Gibson is also in the process of directing a film titled "The Passion," which depicts the last 12 hours of Jesus' life.

It seems the religious bug has bitten Mel Gibson.

Some celebrities prefer to take a different route, such as atheism.

There are a number of Web sites that show a whole array of celebrities from Hollywood's A and B list who are nonbelievers.

People such as Bill Gates, Christopher Reeve, Jodie Foster, Woody Allen and H

oward Stern have all devoted their life to atheism.

The basic belief of scientology is that humans are spiritual beings, Taylor says. Scientologists believe that people are inherently good.

The church of Scientology was founded in 1954 and has more than 10 million members in the world.

"It is perfectly obvious [to atheists] that religion is man- made," he says.

Scientology, like other religions, has important holidays and religious ceremonies.

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