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Scientology: Church now claims more than 8 million members

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Title: Scientology: Church now claims more than 8 million members
Date: Monday, 20 September 2004
Publisher: Deseret News
Author: Elaine Jarvik
Main source: deseretnews.com

Tags: Church of Scientology International (CSI) • Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) • Deseret News • Elaine Jarvik • Heber C. Jentzsch • Institute for the Study of American Religion • J. Gordon Melton • Joava Good • Judy Steed • Larry King • Lora Mengucci • Membership • Narconon (aka Scientology drug rehab) • Operating Thetan (OT) • Operation Snow White • Phillip E. Parke • Rob Magiera • Sandra Lucas • Supernatural abilities (aka OT powers)

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The Church of Scientology is 50 years old this year, having survived its skeptics and detractors, an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service and John Travolta's box-office flop, "Battlefield Earth," based on a science fiction novel by the church's founder L. Ron Hubbard. The church's 50th anniversary makes it a young religion as far as religions go but also attests to its staying power. According to Scientology headquarters in Los Angeles, the church now claims more than 8 million members in ... [Read the rest at deseretnews.com]