Wikipedia's article on the Church of the SubGenius, community edited, citing Carole M. Cusack's 2010 academic study of invented religions for founder Ivan Stang's 2009 claim of 40,000 members, while noting scholarly skepticism that the true figure was much lower. Used here for that 2009 claim.
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URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_SubGenius
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Reliability tier 3: a community edited reference article, used here because the academic study it cites for this figure, Carole M. Cusack's Invented Religions: Imagination, Fiction and Faith (Ashgate, 2010, page 106), is not freely reachable online. The article names the book, author and page for the claim it carries. Claims Backed By This Source (33 claims)
This source backs 33 claims across the atlas. As facts: 32 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- New Religious Movements, 27 claims: 26 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
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