[NOTE: Poster's details have been removed.] From: ******** (Ex ScioKid) Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Subject: Re: Australian Census says 1500 Scientologists Date: Thu, 09 Oct 1997 22:50:20 GMT Organization: None Lines: 18 Message-ID: ******** References: <34368D35.4BFC@four.com.au> <343c3368.40864@troll.apana.org.au> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/16.235 neil@gargoyle--.apana.org.au (Neil Muspratt) wrote: > >Whatever the real reason for this increase, I'd say there are *more* >than just 1,500 in the country. I don't think so. After some 40 years involvement with Co$ in WA (roughly 10% of Aust population) I would say 150 here would be the maximum - I knew *all* Scios personally, plus I had familiarity with Central Files and the Academy etc. And of that 150 there were only ever about 50 that could remotely be considered 'active'; the rest spent their time dodging registars, missions, events and the like. And there is no doubt that the borg has been in decline for some years as the old-timers die out or blow. Ex Scio Kid