Andries,

                I agree with all of JHB's comments above - however I do believe that the Adherents.Com data is 'good' to the extent that it accurately records what DLM/EV was claiming was the number of followers at any given period.

Three questions arise:

                                   a) Where, if the claims of six million were truthful, have all those followers gone ?

                                   b) If the earlier claims were overblown, what does that say about the veracity of DLM/EV ?

                                   c) Why will EV not simply publish the numbers of people that currently support it through regular donations ?

Nik