Religious tradition among adults who seldom or never read scripture by sources of guidance on right and wrong (2014) Switch to: Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who seldom or never read scripture by religious group
% of adults who seldom or never read scripture 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% | 37% | 22% | < 1% | 6% | < 1% | 1% | 16% | 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 12% | 1% | 1,897 |
Philosophy/reason | 2% | 17% | 6% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 3% | 12% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 4% | 1% | 50% | 1% | 2,345 |
Common sense | 1% | 24% | 10% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 3% | 16% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 40% | 1% | 9,183 |
Science | 1% | 20% | 4% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | 3% | 8% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 54% | 1% | 2,263 |
Don't know | 2% | 24% | 7% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 4% | 15% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 36% | 3% | 397 |
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