Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong
State | Religion | Philosophy/reason | Common sense | Science | Don't know | Sample size |
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Alaska | 5% | 11% | 57% | 21% | 5% | 141 |
Arizona | 4% | 16% | 60% | 18% | 3% | 223 |
California | 7% | 22% | 52% | 18% | 2% | 1,621 |
Colorado | 5% | 27% | 53% | 15% | < 1% | 221 |
Connecticut | 3% | 16% | 60% | 19% | 2% | 180 |
Delaware | 8% | 13% | 66% | 12% | 2% | 115 |
District of Columbia | 6% | 26% | 40% | 24% | 3% | 142 |
Florida | 5% | 16% | 63% | 14% | 2% | 731 |
Georgia | 6% | 19% | 57% | 16% | 2% | 232 |
Hawaii | 8% | 16% | 64% | 11% | 1% | 141 |
Idaho | 2% | 15% | 70% | 13% | 1% | 104 |
Illinois | 5% | 21% | 54% | 18% | 2% | 472 |
Indiana | 5% | 14% | 59% | 19% | 2% | 171 |
Kentucky | 5% | 24% | 59% | 11% | 2% | 112 |
Louisiana | 10% | 18% | 53% | 17% | 2% | 104 |
Maine | 3% | 16% | 65% | 15% | 1% | 142 |
Maryland | 6% | 14% | 56% | 22% | 1% | 255 |
Massachusetts | 4% | 15% | 58% | 21% | 2% | 391 |
Michigan | 7% | 14% | 64% | 13% | 2% | 321 |
Minnesota | 3% | 20% | 60% | 14% | 2% | 211 |
Missouri | 10% | 19% | 56% | 13% | 2% | 196 |
Montana | 1% | 16% | 67% | 15% | 1% | 118 |
Nevada | 6% | 17% | 64% | 13% | 1% | 137 |
New Hampshire | 5% | 13% | 63% | 17% | 2% | 146 |
New Jersey | 7% | 16% | 61% | 14% | 2% | 341 |
New Mexico | 6% | 15% | 49% | 25% | 5% | 121 |
New York | 6% | 21% | 57% | 14% | 2% | 847 |
North Carolina | 7% | 15% | 59% | 18% | 1% | 289 |
North Dakota | 4% | 12% | 59% | 23% | 1% | 100 |
Ohio | 6% | 19% | 61% | 13% | 2% | 314 |
Oklahoma | 12% | 17% | 57% | 12% | 1% | 100 |
Oregon | 2% | 22% | 51% | 24% | 1% | 180 |
Pennsylvania | 9% | 14% | 57% | 20% | 1% | 471 |
Rhode Island | 7% | 15% | 65% | 11% | 2% | 133 |
Tennessee | 9% | 19% | 62% | 9% | 1% | 129 |
Texas | 7% | 18% | 55% | 18% | 3% | 663 |
Vermont | 2% | 21% | 59% | 17% | 1% | 176 |
Virginia | 6% | 22% | 54% | 15% | 3% | 298 |
Washington | 5% | 18% | 56% | 20% | 1% | 314 |
Wisconsin | 8% | 20% | 57% | 15% | 1% | 206 |
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