Belief in absolute standards for right and wrong among adults who believe in God with absolute certainty by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults who believe in God with absolute certainty by belief in existence of standards for right and wrong
% of adults who believe in God with absolute certainty 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 | 47% | 51% | 1% | 1% | 8,837 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 39% | 59% | 1% | < 1% | 7,431 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 45% | 47% | 5% | 2% | 853 |
Not the word of God | 23% | 74% | 1% | 1% | 3,266 |
Other/don't know | 31% | 63% | 4% | 2% | 1,517 |
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