Sources of guidance on right and wrong among baby Boomers by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among baby Boomers by sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of baby Boomers 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% | 4% | 29% | 3% | 2% | 3,879 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 41% | 7% | 46% | 5% | 2% | 3,562 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 51% | 3% | 33% | 4% | 9% | 383 |
Not the word of God | 8% | 17% | 59% | 13% | 2% | 4,246 |
Other/don't know | 23% | 8% | 53% | 8% | 8% | 979 |
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