Secret definitions

The Church of Scientology always talks as if they had invented the dictionary- or at least were the first people to work out what it was for.

It is therefore surprising to find that they fail to define many of their own words- or to put it another way- they have a public definition and a secret definition in addition to this.

Take the word 'ethics' for example. Ethics is used to justify deceptive recruitment, fair gaming and forced abortions- actions most people would regard as unethical. This is justified because these activities benefit the Church of Scientology and therefore they must be ethical because the Church is the 'most ethical group on the planet'.

This is entirely circular reasoning.

It has been pointed out to me that LRH does in fact define ethics in a thousand words of verbose nothingness. The general theme seems to be to harmonise the dynamics so that everyone wins. This is entirely valid except that this definition is never followed! The only dynamic that matters to a scientologist is the third dynamic- and this always amounts to pandering to the CoB. The true definition which is never openly stated is 'ethics = obendience'.

The basic problem with scientology ethics is that management gets to decide what is and what is not in the best interests of the third dynamic. The whole ethics tech therefore amounts to a verbal sauce on top of the real definition that is never openly stated.

FIRST Ethics is defined as being for the benefit of the maximum number of dynamics.

THEN Management assume the right to tell us what these are.

THEREFORE Anyone opposing Church priorities must be unethical.

The true (unspoken) definition of ethics is therefore 'do what you are told'.

The term 'spiritual freedom' is also undefined and usually means the opposite of what it means in the outside world. If this were clearly stated then the whole sham would collapse- so the meanings of these words are kept vague and contradictory.

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