Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who seldom or never feel a deep sense of spiritual peace and wellbeing by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults who seldom or never feel a deep sense of spiritual peace and wellbeing by sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of adults who seldom or never feel a deep sense of spiritual peace and wellbeing 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; should be taken literally | 33% | 9% | 47% | 9% | 2% | 598 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 18% | 9% | 63% | 9% | 2% | 958 |
Not the word of God | 3% | 15% | 62% | 19% | 1% | 3,220 |
Other/don't know | 8% | 12% | 62% | 12% | 6% | 424 |
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