Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults ages 65 and older by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults ages 65 and older by sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of adults ages 65 and older 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 | 62% | 3% | 29% | 3% | 2% | 2,934 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 41% | 6% | 45% | 4% | 3% | 2,539 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 50% | 4% | 32% | 2% | 12% | 348 |
Not the word of God | 8% | 16% | 58% | 15% | 3% | 2,690 |
Other/don't know | 25% | 5% | 57% | 5% | 7% | 816 |
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