Belief in absolute standards for right and wrong among who say religion is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among who say religion is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by belief in existence of standards for right and wrong
% of who say religion is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong who say…
Interpreting scripture | There are clear standards for what is right and wrong | Right or wrong depends on the situation | Neither/both equally | Don't know | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 54% | 43% | 1% | 1% | 6,154 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 48% | 50% | 1% | < 1% | 3,819 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 53% | 41% | 4% | 2% | 538 |
Not the word of God | 31% | 66% | 1% | 3% | 703 |
Other/don't know | 37% | 57% | 4% | 2% | 540 |
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