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B-list actor, Jesus freak and Baldwin brother Stephen Baldwin claimed on a recent flight from New York to Washington, D.C., that he and a friend were the inspiration for Jackass - and proved he deserves the label by annoying other passengers with tales of his adolescent and young adult antics.

Before he became a born-again Christian and denounced the likes of Tom Cruise (not that we blame S-Bald for bashing Scientology), Baldwin and his buddy swapped stories of their days spent raising hell, getting plastered and latching on to car bumpers in snowy parking lots on Long Island.

According to the New York Post's Page Six, Baldwin's buddy was overheard screaming and shouting that "Johnny Knoxville got rich by ripping our sh!t! off!"

A spy from the paper said that Baldwin and his pal were living it up and shooting the $h!t like a couple of frat-boy, beer-drinking rowdies. Which is ironic, since Baldwin doesn't imbibe. The other folks on board were less enthused.

"They should have been holding beers and standing on a street corner the way they were carrying on," a witness said.

Maybe Stephen should stick to praying for the souls of others. Like Daniel Baldwin, that car thief. Or Alec Baldwin, that funny, Saddam Hussein-like tyrant who won't even use condoms.

Actor / Jesus freak Stephen Baldwin (left), who has been promoting his new book, The Unusual Suspect, about his life as a born-again Christian, says he is here to save Tom Cruise from the evils of Scientology and talks about him frequently in discussions with the Almighty.

Stephen's brother, Alec Baldwin, is not quote so quick to condemn Cruise, though. In an upcoming GQ interview, he says everyone should lay off Tom because... well, at least he's not a terrorist.

"I think what's been done to Tom is kind of silly," Alec said. "I don't really understand Tom's religious beliefs; nor do I want to. All I know is I don't see people who are disciples of Tom's faith driving planes into the World Trade Center. When Scientologists start crashing planes into the Pentagon, then I think we should sit Tom down and have a grand jury talk to him. In the meantime, let's just leave him alone."

Seriously, people! Lay off Tom Cruise! Have you no shame!?!

Touching on Stephen Baldwin again, apparently Cruise is not the only celeb he talks to God about, nor is he the only soul who needs rescuing. Here are a few of Steve's recent comments about other T.H. Gossip favorites:

-- Rosie O'Donnell, who likened radical Christians to radical Islam and to terrorists on The View last week: "It was a very provocative thing to say. My response is thank God for Christians, because that's a whole lot of people who are praying for her. I'm praying that, hopefully, at some point Rosie will experience the true loving spirit of Jesus Christ. I can also challenge her to a caged wrestling match."

-- Angelina Jolie and her baby's daddy, Brad Pitt: "He comes from Christian roots. I pray that he will do the right thing and marry that girl."

-- Hillary Clinton: "I pray that the spirit of God will come upon her and result in her having just a little bit more fun."

Wonder if he would endorse Oprah for President.

Stephen Baldwin is praying for Tom Cruise's soul.

That's right, the Usual Suspects star, a born again Christian, says the insane actor and leading figure in the Church of Scientology is on his hit "hit list." Of celebrities he would like to save, that is.

"On the Hollywood list of people I pray for often, Tom Cruise is probably number one," the third-best-known Baldwin told Radar magazine. "I'd love to break bread with him and pray with him, and I'd love for the Holy Spirit of God to reveal the truth to him."

Baldwin also says Tom is a very different guy to the one he knew when they starred the 1989 movie Born on the Fourth of July together.

"That regular Joe quality seems to have been lost. When you buy enough of your own hype, then it's not who you are anymore," he said.

Those be fightin' words! Wonder what Suri would say if she existed... oh wait.

In a recent interview, Baldwin also talked about how he decided to sell his plush New York home earlier this year because a sex shop opened in his neighborhood.

At the time, the actor said he planned to shame patrons of the Rockland County, N.Y., store by taking pictures of their license plates and publishing their names in a local paper.

Jenna Jameson? Rolling in her grave. It appears that Baldwin, like Cruise, has gone off the deep end -- albeit a very different end. He's already put Scientology and porn on notice, and God only knows what's next. Stephen Colbert, you've got competition.