Belief in absolute standards for right and wrong among the Unaffiliated by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among the Unaffiliated by belief in existence of standards for right and wrong
% of the Unaffiliated 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 | 31% | 65% | 2% | 2% | 546 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 28% | 70% | 1% | 1% | 713 |
Not the word of God | 18% | 81% | 1% | 1% | 5,713 |
Other/don't know | 22% | 74% | 2% | 2% | 529 |
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