Belief in absolute standards for right and wrong among adults who read scripture once or twice a month by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults who read scripture once or twice a month by belief in existence of standards for right and wrong
% of adults who read scripture once or twice a month 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 | 40% | 58% | 1% | 2% | 1,055 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 34% | 65% | 1% | < 1% | 1,291 |
Not the word of God | 22% | 75% | 2% | 1% | 726 |
Other/don't know | 23% | 73% | 2% | 2% | 288 |
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