Sources of guidance on right and wrong among divorced or separated adults by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among divorced or separated adults by sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of divorced or separated adults 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 | 56% | 5% | 32% | 5% | 2% | 1,490 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 35% | 9% | 48% | 6% | 2% | 1,180 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 48% | 2% | 40% | 3% | 7% | 139 |
Not the word of God | 8% | 19% | 58% | 13% | 2% | 1,535 |
Other/don't know | 25% | 8% | 54% | 8% | 6% | 408 |
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