DCAnon
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It's always difficult to figure out the number of current Scientologists still in. They claim numbers in the millions, but I'd heard census reports and ex's saying the number is between 50,000-80,000 world wide. Well, here's a post I found from another Anonymous person in DC trying to crunch the numbers by making comparisons to religious organizations we know of in our area and facts we know about the CoS.
Scientology claims to have 8 to 15 million members worldwide
Mormon membership worldwide is 12.8 million
number of LDS wards within a 30 mile radius of DC: 40-50
average ward size: 100-200 members (average)
members within radius: 4,000-10,000
number of orgs within radius: 1
missions: 1
Scientology lacks any noticeable presence in south america, russia, China, japan, India, most of Africa and the south pacific. So its population density in the rest of the world would need to be higher.
To prove equivalency, the founding org and Alexandria mission would need a combined membership of
4,000 or more Scientologists
Event space they have rented out twice this year: maximum capacity of 300 people
Number of Orgs/Mission worldwide: 150?
Reported number of Scientologists worldwide: 8 to 15 million
Number of Scientologists that would be needed per Org/Mission: 50,000 to 100,000
number of Scientologist purportedly in US in 2001: 50,000
England & Wales: 1,700
Australia: 2,500
Canada: 1,500
New Zeland: 280
Germany: 6,000
2001 Total: 61,980
Number of unaccounted for Scientologists in 2001: 7.938 to 14.938 million.
So...where are all the Scientologists?
Scientology claims to have 8 to 15 million members worldwide
Mormon membership worldwide is 12.8 million
number of LDS wards within a 30 mile radius of DC: 40-50
average ward size: 100-200 members (average)
members within radius: 4,000-10,000
number of orgs within radius: 1
missions: 1
Scientology lacks any noticeable presence in south america, russia, China, japan, India, most of Africa and the south pacific. So its population density in the rest of the world would need to be higher.
To prove equivalency, the founding org and Alexandria mission would need a combined membership of
4,000 or more Scientologists
Event space they have rented out twice this year: maximum capacity of 300 people
Number of Orgs/Mission worldwide: 150?
Reported number of Scientologists worldwide: 8 to 15 million
Number of Scientologists that would be needed per Org/Mission: 50,000 to 100,000
number of Scientologist purportedly in US in 2001: 50,000
England & Wales: 1,700
Australia: 2,500
Canada: 1,500
New Zeland: 280
Germany: 6,000
2001 Total: 61,980
Number of unaccounted for Scientologists in 2001: 7.938 to 14.938 million.
So...where are all the Scientologists?
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