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::::::Nope, I am talking about the many definition that have come after Hubbard and his books, it can be a religion, a cult, a murderous organization, a joke, ect. Your using the Church's definition so we source it to the Church. [[User:Tmtoulouse|Tmtoulouse]] 20:16, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

::::::Nope, I am talking about the many definition that have come after Hubbard and his books, it can be a religion, a cult, a murderous organization, a joke, ect. Your using the Church's definition so we source it to the Church. [[User:Tmtoulouse|Tmtoulouse]] 20:16, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

<undent> Definition is a word, it means: ''2. the formal statement of the meaning or significance of a word, phrase, etc'' [http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=definition].  "Cult", "murderous organization", "joke" or any other such term is a classification and not a definition.  For example, "An apple is a joke", there, does that tell you anything about apples?  "John Smith is a killer", does that tell you what 'John Smith' is?  John could be a computer program, killing computers or A pet called John Smith could be a wild tiger, run amook in a city.  You want to know first, Is John Smith a man.  Then you can apply classifications to it.  Scientology is an applied religious philosophy.  That is its definition.  After a reader understands that, he can begin to classify and use his judgement on it, but until he understands it is a body of knowledge (whether you personally agree with that knowledge or not), he can not apply a classification.  The Church of Scientology is a large and expanding organization.  It presents some kind of information to the public.  Obviously.  What is that information?  How does one define or classify that information?  Is it information about apples?  Tigers?  Or is it knowledge, information from a single source, and applicable in some way?  It is applicable (many many people say so), it is knowledge in an area (a philosophy) and its area of application is religious.  I know this, you are free to deny it, the Church of Scientology Formally Defines it So.  Therefore, any article definition should contain this information. [[User:Terryeo|Terryeo]] 22:02, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

<undent> Definition is a word, it means: ''2. the formal statement of the meaning or significance of a word, phrase, etc'' [http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=definition].  "Cult", "murderous organization", "joke" or any other such term is a classification and not a definition.  For example, "An apple is a joke", there, does that tell you anything about apples?  "John Smith is a killer", does that tell you what 'John Smith' is?  John could be a computer program, killing computers or A pet called John Smith could be a wild tiger, run amook in a city.  You want to know first, Is John Smith a man.  Then you can apply classifications to it.  Scientology is an applied religious philosophy.  That is its definition.  After a reader understands that, he can begin to classify and use his judgement on it, but until he understands it is a body of knowledge (whether you personally agree with that knowledge or not), he can not apply a classification.  The Church of Scientology is a large and expanding organization.  It presents some kind of information to the public.  Obviously.  What is that information?  How does one define or classify that information?  Is it information about apples?  Tigers?  Or is it knowledge, information from a single source, and applicable in some way?  It is applicable (many many people say so), it is knowledge in an area (a philosophy) and its area of application is religious.  I know this, you are free to deny it, the Church of Scientology Formally Defines it So.  Therefore, any article definition should contain this information. [[User:Terryeo|Terryeo]] 22:02, 19 March 2007 (EDT)