Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who feel a deep sense of wonder about the universe once or twice a month by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults who feel a deep sense of wonder about the universe once or twice a month by sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of adults who feel a deep sense of wonder about the universe once or twice a month 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 | 60% | 4% | 31% | 3% | 1% | 1,368 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 39% | 8% | 45% | 5% | 2% | 1,664 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 40% | 4% | 45% | 7% | 4% | 104 |
Not the word of God | 6% | 19% | 57% | 17% | 1% | 2,007 |
Other/don't know | 17% | 12% | 56% | 8% | 6% | 340 |
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