On Sat, 11 Nov 2000 15:20:21 GMT, dorsai666@my-deja.com wrote: >In the last week, there was a number of ARS "members" who continued to
>hound me for the quantity of IAS membership. Despite being referred to
>WIS, to look up the available statistics (1998 or earlier), none did,
>and began to "guesstimate" based on opinion only.
>
>Therefore, allow me to do this work for them...which they could
>have...if their intention was to really find out.
>
>In the current edition of WIS (1998), it gives ONE statistic, which you
>can extrapolate from. As you ALL know, the IRS conducted the largest
>audit and the closest scrutiny EVER performed on anyone, anywhere, on
>our church, - prior to granting it tax exempt status. As you well
>know, books are subject to royalties, taxes etc. and one can safely
>assume that the IRS wants all the money it is entitled to and thus the
>tax submissions would per force - have to be accurate.
>
>In WIS, the NON-FICTION sales of LRH books is 64,000,000. This does
>not include his works of fiction. A number has been passed around in
>ARS that the membership is somewhere around 75,000. If one divides
>that number into the number of "IRS verified" books sold, one would
>have to believe that EVERY scientologist has approximately 862 books
>each.
>
>862 books each. Does this sound "reasonable".
>
>I leave it to you to do the math. I also leave it to you to do the
>math on the average number of books that an average scientologist may
>have.
>
>I wondered why, when the ARS "membership" would not heed my suggestion
>and JUST read the section on statistics in WIS and just looked at it
>myself. Now we ALL know why...unless you're just plain ignorant in
>doing math too.
Good point Dan. I would also recommend using WIS for debating the issue of the actual size and expansion of the Church of Scientology. Let's look at page 453 in the 1998 softcover edition: "Auditing hours, Ministered in Churches and Missions" 1968-1977: 2,810,568
1978-1987: 7,436,371
1988-1997: 11,074,235
Let's focus on the last ten years.
An average of 1,107,424 hours per year.
So how many hours of auditing does the average scientologist get in a year? Not very easy to say, as some members will not get any at all, while others will get hundreds of hours. But still: auditing is absolutely necessary in order to progress up the Bridge. From p. 82 of WIS: "only auditing provides a precise path by which any individual may walk an exact route to higher states of spiritual awareness." From p. 550 of WIS: "How many hours of auditing a day can one participate in? (...) An average probably is around 2 1/2 hours a day for the five weekdays. Auditing is best done intensively, at least 12 1/2 hours a week (...) Of course, one is not always receiving auditing so when one is, his best chance of making rapid progress is intensively." From p. 552 of WIS: "How long does it take to go Clear? It varies from person to person, but it takes an average of anywhere from one year to two years to go from the bottom of the Grade Chart through Clear, depending on how much time one spends each week on his auditing." Let's be generous and use the average figures of two years to Clear. Number of auditing hours to Clear will vary between individuals. But let's use some figures given on pp.671-673 as guidelines. Since estimates for some auditing levels are missing in the 1998 edition, we will also use the WIS 1993 soft cover edition, pp.520-521. Objectives auditing: 25 hrs
Scn Drug RD (optional): 12.5 hrs
Expanded Grades, ARC SW - Grade IV: 150 hrs
New Era Dianetics: 100 hrs
There are 26 optional auditing rundowns listed, that may or may not be done, depending on individual needs. But let's be generous in our estimate and not count anything but the basic route to Clear. Let's even ignore the Scn Drug RD, since not everyone does it. Total auditing hours to Clear: 350 hrs Average number of auditing hours per year for person going Clear:
350 hrs/2 year = 175 hrs per year
Let's be very generous once more, and say that the figure quoted above for number of auditing hours ministered, 1,107,424 hours per year, does not include any other auditing than essential Grade Chart actions for persons going Clear (disregarding all auditing of OTs, repair auditing, special rundowns etc.) Number of people auditing towards Clear per year:
1,107,424 hrs / 175 hrs per person = 6,328 persons
At this rate, how long will it take to Clear the planet? I'll leave that calculation up to you, Dan. > More than one way to prove a point...
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