Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who attend services weekly or more by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults who attend services weekly or more by sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of adults who attend services weekly or more 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 | 72% | 3% | 21% | 3% | 2% | 6,198 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 58% | 7% | 29% | 3% | 3% | 4,409 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 62% | 3% | 22% | 2% | 10% | 582 |
Not the word of God | 20% | 16% | 49% | 12% | 3% | 1,236 |
Other/don't know | 42% | 6% | 40% | 5% | 7% | 730 |
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