Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who say that there are clear standards for what is right and wrong by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults who say that there are clear standards for what is right and wrong by sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of adults who say that there are clear standards for what is right and wrong 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 | 72% | 3% | 21% | 3% | 1% | 4,868 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 50% | 7% | 36% | 4% | 2% | 3,717 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 63% | 3% | 22% | 3% | 9% | 444 |
Not the word of God | 9% | 17% | 58% | 14% | 1% | 2,466 |
Other/don't know | 29% | 11% | 48% | 6% | 7% | 711 |
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