Sources of guidance on right and wrong among Mainline Protestants who feel a sense of wonder about the universe at least once a week by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious family among Mainline Protestants who feel a sense of wonder about the universe at least once a week by sources of guidance on right and wrong

% of Mainline Protestants who feel a sense of wonder about the universe at least once a week who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong

Religious familyReligionPhilosophy/reasonCommon senseScienceDon't knowSample size
Baptist Family (Mainline Trad.)39%9%44%8%< 1%262
Congregationalist Family (Mainline Trad.)16%16%54%10%4%140
Episcopalian/Anglican Family (Mainline Trad.)25%18%46%7%4%297
Lutheran Family (Mainline Trad.)32%6%53%7%3%374
Methodist Family (Mainline Trad.)39%11%41%6%3%755
Nondenominational Family (Mainline Trad.)18%22%50%8%1%197
Nonspecific Protestant Family (Mainline Trad.)23%16%51%6%5%302
Presbyterian Family (Mainline Trad.)32%16%39%8%5%329
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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