Belief in absolute standards for right and wrong among Mainline Protestants who believe in Heaven by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Mainline Protestants who believe in Heaven by belief in existence of standards for right and wrong

% of Mainline Protestants who believe in Heaven who say…

Religious denominationThere are clear standards for what is right and wrongRight or wrong depends on the situationNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA30%67%2%1%421
Episcopal Church29%69%2%< 1%327
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)30%69%1%< 1%539
Interdenominational (Mainline Trad.)29%71%< 1%< 1%105
Presbyterian Church (USA)35%61%2%2%331
United Church of Christ27%72%2%< 1%156
United Methodist Church37%61%1%1%1,370
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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