Marital status among who say common sense is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among who say common sense is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by marital status

% of who say common sense is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong who are…

Interpreting scriptureMarriedLiving with a partnerDivorced/separatedWidowedNever marriedSample size
Word of God; should be taken literally45%8%16%9%22%2,703
Word of God; not everything taken literally48%7%13%7%25%4,146
Word of God; other/don't know50%4%16%11%18%278
Not the word of God44%11%12%4%30%6,679
Other/don't know47%10%15%9%19%1,323
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