Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who feel a deep sense of wonder about the universe several times a year by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults who feel a deep sense of wonder about the universe several times a year by sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of adults who feel a deep sense of wonder about the universe several times a year 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 | 53% | 4% | 33% | 8% | 2% | 1,007 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 34% | 8% | 50% | 6% | 2% | 1,311 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 39% | 7% | 36% | 5% | 13% | 108 |
Not the word of God | 6% | 16% | 62% | 15% | 2% | 1,754 |
Other/don't know | 19% | 12% | 55% | 10% | 4% | 322 |
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