Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who seldom or never meditate by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults who seldom or never meditate by sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of adults who seldom or never meditate 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 | 52% | 5% | 37% | 4% | 2% | 3,224 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 31% | 8% | 54% | 6% | 2% | 4,226 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 44% | 3% | 39% | 5% | 9% | 315 |
Not the word of God | 5% | 15% | 61% | 18% | 1% | 6,353 |
Other/don't know | 14% | 9% | 61% | 10% | 6% | 1,054 |
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