Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who seldom or never feel a deep sense of wonder about the universe by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults who seldom or never feel a deep sense of wonder about the universe by sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of adults who seldom or never feel a deep sense of wonder about the universe 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 | 54% | 4% | 35% | 5% | 2% | 2,530 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 32% | 6% | 54% | 6% | 2% | 2,298 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 43% | 4% | 43% | 1% | 9% | 234 |
Not the word of God | 6% | 11% | 68% | 14% | 1% | 2,363 |
Other/don't know | 17% | 6% | 63% | 8% | 6% | 582 |
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