Personally not so sure the "cut" is quite so clear.
"Standard Tech" people are perhaps a bit more likely to embrace the term "freezone", but there have been plenty of firefights over the years about distinctions among the various groups.
Some of us "moderates" take the view that "freezone" is a self-selective term. If you consider yourself in the freezone, then you are. If you don't then you are likely an "ex" or "former" scientologist.
Some groups are open to offshoots such as "metapsychology" or "idenics". Some groups shun others which advocate a different version of the "official" bridge.
It's pretty much "roll your own".
My personal take: "standard tech" may be optimal but anything which increases self-knowledge should not be disregarded. Both "scientology" & the "freezone" are bigger than any one viewpoint.
Mark A. Baker
Well, there are two categories/sections on this forum, and judging from the contents of those two sections, there's valid reason for that.
Fortunately, this discussion has already occurred several times, on ESMB, and is preserved for review for anyone curious.
From a practical standpoint, one way of categorizing would be to separate the 'What' people from the 'Who' people. The 'What' people are primarily concerned with ideas, while the 'Who' people are primarily concerned with a person, in this case, L. Ron Hubbard.
It becomes problematic, since the Freezone 'L. Ron Hubbard people' - being Freezone Scientologists, after all - follow some patterns long established in Scientology: They wrap their 'Who-ism' (Personality cultism) in a 'What-ism' (Science, 'All I am trying to get you to do is look," etc.), and tend to not much like it when that's pointed out.
For a 'L. Ron Hubbard person', for example, that the "Tech" is
from Ron is most important, not that it "works," yet "
It Works!" will be heralded. That's a "Who' person.
As for the much heralded slogan, "Deliver what is promised," Hubbard didn't honestly mean that, and it was never a true "senior policy," and I doubt that anyone in the 'Standard Tech Freezone' (except the most naive) believes that it was ever a true senior policy.
Otherwise, there would be Standard Tech produced Full OTs aplenty. There are not.
So what really works, again and again?, some things do, mostly at what is called the 'Lower Bridge', but does the "Upper Bridge" produce "Full OTs"?
Only in PR.
However, it can produce floating needles, and acceptable Success Stories, which becomes 'Delivering what is promised'.
Eh. Alright.
Overall, 'Freezone Scientology' is preferable to 'Scientology Inc. $cientology', for those who still want to take the path to Xenu. And that's something.
In any event, thank goodness this discussion has already happened on ESMB.
http://www.forum.exscn.net/showpost.php?p=29401&postcount=8