4 July 1995



      RI-226i  'On Simple Definitions of Scientology Terms'


                   Dedicated to CB Willis


from Ron's Inspector

Message # RI-226i for Internet




One of the practical definitions
 of the word 'Definition' is:

   'A description of a word or idea in such a way
     that it becomes understandable enough
     for the person(s) who use(s) it.'



In some cases, defining "Tree"
 as "A plant which can grow very big and very old",
  can be good for many situations,
 but a biology student
  might feel offended by its over-simplification.


In other words,
 there are different grades to definitions of words,
 which - in the English language area at least -
 is reflected by the use
 of "Beginners Dictionaries", "Standard Dictionaries"
 and "Advanced or Specialized Dictionaries".



My simple definitions of Scientology terms
 should be understood in this light.

The original definitions of Scientology terms
 can of course be found
 in the Scientology text and taped lectures of L. Ron Hubbard.
These are collected to some extent
 in the - far too old and far too small -
 "Technical Dictionary of Dianetics and Scientology".

This is definitely not a simple Dictionary,
 but more a rather thorough librarians job.

Also, L. Ron Hubbard's native language was English,
 while mine was not.
This gives me the advantage of understanding more easily
 what a simple, or beginners definition would look like.

And that is the value of my simple definitions.


On top of that, they are written by ME.

That means:
 from my own understanding of the matter,
 out of my own love for people,
 and born out of live communication with people,
  and NOT from a dry, rather non-involved,
   rather lifeless but very strict viewpoint
  of a librarian or a scientist or scholar.


My simple definitions of Scientology terms
 can be very effective
 in suddenly opening up the subject of Scientology
 for someone who before
 was "trying to figure out what the hell it is all about".




(If anybody, as CB Willis suggests,
 would like to collect these simple definitions
  from the RI-series, and pass the collection on to me for OK,
 I will gladly publish it, with full credit to the editor.)



Koos Nolst Trenite - Ron's Inspector

Copyright 1995 by Koos Nolst Trenite


 references:
  RI-0i   'Current Ethics' of 30 June 1994
  RI-10i  'Confronting a Suppressive' of 12 Oct 1994
  RI-19i  'Artists and Ethics' of 10 Sep 1992
  RI-24i  'Definition of 'PTS' - IMPORTANT' of 19 Nov 1994
  RI-73i  'On Scientology Ethics' of 26 Jan 1995
  RI-83i  'The Right to Study and Apply Scientology' 16 Jun 94
  RI-119i  'Is Scientology a complete ... subject' of 20 Mar 95
  RI-123i  'Use of the "Suppressive Person"-concept' 25 Mar 95
  RI-125i  'Integrity comes from "Integer"' of 26 Mar 1995
  RI-156i  'Fair Game Series - 2' of 24 Apr 1995
  RI-157i  'Definition of RPF' of 24 Apr 1995
  RI-158i  'Definition of "ECT" and "Ritalin"' of 24 Apr 1995
  RI-168i  'LRH Clarifies Processing Command' of 2 May 1995
  RI-200i  'Fair Game Law - Disconnection' of 4 June 1995
  RI-225i  'The Morons of Dennis Erlich' of 3 Jul 1995
  RI-ACT-24R  'KNT-Tech for SP's (Revised)' of 29 Nov 1994
  RI-ACT-39   'My use of the word "Karma"' of 3 Jan 1994
  etcetera

  RI-50R-Mi 'Archives of RI-xxi and RI-ACT-xx series'
             of 28 Dec 1994, Revised and Replaced 21 May 1995

  ftp: thetics.europa.com/outgoing/adams/RI
       thetics.europa.com/outgoing/adams/RI/ACT