Sources of guidance on right and wrong among whites by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among whites by sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of whites 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 | 64% | 3% | 28% | 2% | 2% | 6,057 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 38% | 8% | 47% | 5% | 2% | 7,125 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 52% | 4% | 32% | 2% | 9% | 661 |
Not the word of God | 5% | 19% | 59% | 16% | 2% | 9,276 |
Other/don't know | 19% | 11% | 56% | 8% | 7% | 1,781 |
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