Belief in absolute standards for right and wrong among adults who seldom or never read scripture by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults who seldom or never read scripture by belief in existence of standards for right and wrong
% of adults who seldom or never read scripture who say…
Interpreting scripture | There are clear standards for what is right and wrong | Right or wrong depends on the situation | Neither/both equally | Don't know | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 31% | 65% | 1% | 2% | 1,674 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 29% | 70% | 1% | < 1% | 3,518 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 30% | 59% | 4% | 7% | 197 |
Not the word of God | 19% | 79% | 1% | 1% | 9,405 |
Other/don't know | 22% | 72% | 3% | 3% | 1,291 |
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