Religious tradition among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by belief in existence of standards for right and wrong (2014) Switch to: Belief in absolute standards for right and wrong among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by religious group
% of adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men who are…
Belief in absolute standards for right and wrong | Buddhist | Catholic | Evangelical Protestant | Hindu | Historically Black Protestant | Jehovah's Witness | Jewish | Mainline Protestant | Mormon | Muslim | Orthodox Christian | Other Christian | Other Faiths | Other World Religions | Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | Don't know | Sample size |
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There are clear standards for what is right and wrong | 2% | 20% | 9% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 2% | 15% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 3% | < 1% | 43% | 1% | 2,466 |
Right or wrong depends on the situation | 1% | 17% | 5% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 3% | 12% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 51% | 1% | 9,422 |
Neither/both equally | 6% | 14% | 9% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 4% | 20% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 39% | 3% | 157 |
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