![]() ![]() ![]() Only ten years later, however, the IRS ruled that Scientology was, in fact, not a religion, but rather a commercial enterprise that existed to enrich its founder, L. The US government officially granted Scientology religious status in 1957, three years after the organization was founded. This brings us to a bigger question: is Scientology a religion at all? This question, like the one above, will prove difficult to answer: Without baptismal records or other ritual professions of faith, estimations on membership become difficult. In truth, it’s hard to know how many there are. ![]() In the United States, however, only about 25,000 people label themselves Scientologists. Unofficially, the organization claims eight million members worldwide. ![]()
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