Belief in absolute standards for right and wrong among men by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among men by belief in existence of standards for right and wrong
% of men who say…
Interpreting scripture | There are clear standards for what is right and wrong | Right or wrong depends on the situation | Neither/both equally | Don't know | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 48% | 49% | 1% | 2% | 4,251 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 41% | 57% | 1% | < 1% | 4,573 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 48% | 43% | 6% | 3% | 430 |
Not the word of God | 22% | 76% | 1% | 1% | 6,971 |
Other/don't know | 29% | 64% | 5% | 3% | 1,289 |
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