non-sequitur

Question answered by escapee in Scientology

kipplor asked this question on 9/20/2000:

what does non-sequitur mean?

escapee gave this response on 9/23/2000:

Basically, out of sequence. 1,2,3,4, is a sequence 1, 2, 7, 4, the 7 is out of sequence. Scientology has an arbritrary sequence, called the Bridge to Total Freedom. It is a series of steps you are supposed to do in sequence. Lots of steps have been added to the bridge, especially at the lower levels, and each step costs money. Some things have been taken off the bridge, such as auditing each other at no charge on the basis of reading a book.

Over the years the sequence within the bridge has changed several times, so if you consider the present bridge correct, anything that doesn't follow it step-wise is out of sequence. But if you consider that an earlier version was a better version, then following the steps on the current bridge would be out-of-sequence.

It has to do with the agreed-up value. We agree 1,2,3,4 so it is easy to demonstrate.

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