Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who believe in God and are not too or not at all certain by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults who believe in God and are not too or not at all certain by sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of adults who believe in God and are not too or not at all certain who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong
Interpreting scripture | Religion | Philosophy/reason | Common sense | Science | Don't know | Sample size |
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Word of God; not everything taken literally | 12% | 16% | 57% | 14% | 1% | 155 |
Not the word of God | 3% | 22% | 57% | 16% | 1% | 1,467 |
Other/don't know | 3% | 20% | 56% | 16% | 5% | 115 |
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