Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm 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 | 57% | 5% | 32% | 5% | 1% | 3,998 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 36% | 11% | 45% | 7% | 2% | 4,224 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 52% | 3% | 31% | 4% | 9% | 348 |
Not the word of God | 5% | 22% | 53% | 18% | 2% | 7,554 |
Other/don't know | 20% | 12% | 52% | 9% | 7% | 1,235 |
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