Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who meditate several times a year by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults who meditate several times a year by sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of adults who meditate 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% | 36% | 5% | 3% | 271 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 29% | 10% | 54% | 6% | 1% | 419 |
Not the word of God | 4% | 21% | 55% | 19% | 1% | 700 |
Other/don't know | 23% | 14% | 52% | 6% | 5% | 115 |
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