A World-wide Religious News (WWRN) digest article on the Raelian Movement's finances, reporting that members are asked to donate ten percent of income (the movement's own 'apostasy tithe' doctrine, cast as funding a planned embassy for the Elohim), and citing 2003-era figures of about 1.8 million US dollars in worldwide annual dues and about 13 million US dollars in total assets.
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Citation
PublisherWorld-wide Religious News (WWRN)
URLhttps://wwrn.org/articles/9070/
Source Typejournalism
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Tier 2: an independent religion-news digest reporting figures rather than the movement's own audited accounts. Sources
Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)
This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
- New Religious Movements, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
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