Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults in Missouri by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults in Missouri by sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of adults in Missouri 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% | 5% | 27% | 3% | 4% | 186 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 39% | 9% | 43% | 4% | 4% | 181 |
Not the word of God | 10% | 19% | 56% | 13% | 2% | 196 |
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