Religious tradition among adults who read scripture once or twice a month by sources of guidance on right and wrong (2014) Switch to: Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who read scripture once or twice a month by religious group
% of adults who read scripture once or twice a month who are…
Sources of guidance on right and wrong | Buddhist | Catholic | Evangelical Protestant | Hindu | Historically Black Protestant | Jehovah's Witness | Jewish | Mainline Protestant | Mormon | Muslim | Orthodox Christian | Other Christian | Other Faiths | Other World Religions | Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | Don't know | Sample size |
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Religion | < 1% | 22% | 42% | < 1% | 8% | < 1% | 1% | 17% | 2% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 4% | < 1% | 1,236 |
Philosophy/reason | 1% | 19% | 20% | 1% | 6% | < 1% | 4% | 19% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | 2% | 22% | 1% | 422 |
Common sense | < 1% | 23% | 23% | 1% | 9% | < 1% | 1% | 20% | 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 16% | < 1% | 1,457 |
Science | 1% | 33% | 14% | < 1% | 7% | < 1% | 3% | 16% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 19% | 1% | 235 |
Don't know | 2% | 19% | 27% | < 1% | 12% | < 1% | < 1% | 23% | 1% | 4% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 9% | 2% | 107 |
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