Scientology Exit Survey Results Published for Q4-2010

The first year of CofS Exit Survey Project has finally come to a close, and with much thanks to all who participated - we're proud to announce that we officially passed our 2010 endoyear goal for 350 total responses gathered!!!

The latest batch of published reports has been released on ESMB and elsewhere as the final quarterly update for 2010. The following results are based on 359 total respondents as of January 1, 2011.

For more information on the available documentation compiled by this informal study, check out the Church of Scientology Exit Survey Reporting Index and the related scribd collection.

Scientology Exit Survey Results - Basic Reports

Scientology Exit Survey Results - Advanced Reports

Scientology Exit Survey Results - Analytical Reports

Scientology Exit Survey Results - Summary Charts  **

Scientology Exit Survey Results - Download Bundle ***

Scientology Exit Survey Results - Image Album (Slideshow)

NOTE:  the project wiki page that normally serves as the central square for this effort isn't currently available due to technical difficulties, but it's in the process of being resurrected and shall return to its proper place on the interwebz in near future.

** - Now includes 1/3 more data points in the original charts, plus 3 brand new summary chart comparisons (shown below) as /r/ by armchair analystfags on WWP who were charting participation stats and wished to see additional layers of detail on progress up the processing side of the Church of Scientology Bridge related to Auditing & OT levels.

 *** - Now with more files for summary chart sauce (source files). Fellow number crunchers & researchfags are welcome to play with the new spreashsheet included in the download bundle to spin custom charts just for grins and/or offer suggestions on summary chart improvements/additions for including in future versions of these published reports.

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"Straight-up and Vertical" anoyone?

Why so many retreads on Clear? No doubt it's the GAT.

Lots of retreads on OT Eligibility and unfinished OTVII. Hmmm.

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The Online CofS Exit Survey is one of several ongoing data collection projects being featured and promoted to new audiences here on the Exit Zone blog.

We also hope that former members of the Church of Scientology who like what they see here, take the time to participate in these various efforts dedicated to broadening public awareness and documenting the truth regarding organized scientology being a destructive group.

Click Here To Take The Online Exit Survey
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Warning Signs of a Dangerous Cult

For current members who may be wondering if they have truly gotten involved in a destructive cult the internet holds a wide variety of lists of warning signs, checklists of dangerous factors, and classification charts for differentiating a abusive group from a harmless sect.

The wealth of information is readily apparent even on Wikipedia where they have 10 different checklists indexed, including a fascinating historical reference to a 1979 addendum from a United States Congressional Research Service report.

Although at a cursory glance, the Church of Scientology pretty much fails on all or most points no matter which list you investigate, sometimes too much information is a bad thing.

Thus, in the hopes of identifying one singular reliable resource for those who are still actively involved with the Scientology organization, that may be Facing Their Doubts and asking that gut-wrenching question "Is Scientology a Cult?" we humbly recommend the following classic article from the Factnet.org website.

Warning signs of a destructive cult

This excellent work provides an easy-to-digest outline of key warning signs and factors of concern that current members of the Church of Scientology should evaluate for themselves once they begin the process of becoming informed. The following is an abbreviated checklist excerpted from this article for the sake of a quick reference.

1) A destructive cult tends to be totalitarian in its control of its members' behavior.

2) A destructive cult tends to have an ethical double standard.

3) A destructive cult has only two basic purposes: recruiting new members and fund-raising.

4) A destructive cult appears to be innovative and exclusive.

5) A destructive cult is authoritarian in its power structure.

6) A destructive cult's leader is a self-appointed messianic person claiming to have a special mission in life.

7) A destructive cult's leader centers the veneration of members upon himself or herself.

8) A destructive cult's leader tends to be determined, domineering, and charismatic.

Do any of these warning signs resonate with your experiences in the Church of Scientology? If so, checkout the following fair usage video based on one of Scientology's own propaganda PSA that makes several false claims about their stance of human rights, but edited here to reveal the truth about the harm the organization is currently inflicting on their followers with no remorse.


For additional recommended references, see the Checklist of Cult Characteristics that was covered in an earlier post. Also be sure to review Cult Warning Signs by Rick Ross, which features the following useful checklists for similar areas of concern that are likewise applicable to the Church of Scientology.

• Ten warning signs of a potentially unsafe group/leader.
• Ten warning signs regarding people involved in/with a potentially unsafe group/leader.
• Ten signs of a safe group/leader.

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Survey Summary Charts Released

This week's batch of analytical summary charts, once again brought to us compliments of thetanic on ESMB, have now been added to project wiki page and related image album.


Added Bonus: New Analytical Reports document was incorporated in published survey results dox to support the four new styles of high level summary graphs.

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Initial Survey Reporting Archive Released

Preliminary Results with 50 respondents was published for providing a preview of upcoming survey reporting functions.

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