Sources of guidance on right and wrong among Mainline Protestants who would rather have smaller government; fewer services by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Mainline Protestants who would rather have smaller government; fewer services by sources of guidance on right and wrong

% of Mainline Protestants who would rather have smaller government; fewer services who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong

Religious denominationReligionPhilosophy/reasonCommon senseScienceDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA47%5%44%4%1%231
Episcopal Church17%13%61%6%2%272
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)32%6%53%7%2%403
Presbyterian Church (USA)41%11%40%4%4%249
United Church of Christ21%8%65%7%< 1%108
United Methodist Church40%7%47%4%2%1,115
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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