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Going Clear by Lawrence Wright6/6/2023 It claims to own about 12 million square feet of property around the world, with 26 of them in Hollywood, valued at $400 million. A recent ad claims 4.4 million new members every year.) The church has $1 billion in liquid assets, and in terms of cash reserves this figure eclipses the holdings of most major world religions. “That’s less than half the number identifying themselves as Rastafarians.” (The Church of Scientology claims 8 million members worldwide-supposedly the number of people who have donated to the church. A survey called the Statistical Abstract of the United States estimates only 25,000 Americans call themselves Scientologists. More Rastafarians Than Scientologists?According to a former spokesperson for the church, there are only 30,000 members in an organization that church members are “forcefully encouraged” to join, the International Association of Scientologists.
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