Belief in absolute standards for right and wrong among adults who read scripture at least once a week by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who read scripture at least once a week by belief in existence of standards for right and wrong
% of adults who read scripture at least once a week who say…
Religious denomination | 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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American Baptist Churches USA | 35% | 63% | 1% | 1% | 237 |
Assemblies of God | 60% | 35% | 2% | 2% | 359 |
Church of God in Christ | 42% | 55% | < 1% | 3% | 115 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 64% | 33% | 3% | < 1% | 499 |
Churches of Christ | 50% | 48% | 1% | 1% | 303 |
Episcopal Church | 29% | 69% | 2% | < 1% | 113 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 33% | 64% | 2% | 1% | 188 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 62% | 36% | 1% | 1% | 509 |
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.) | 55% | 43% | 2% | < 1% | 138 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 54% | 43% | 3% | < 1% | 182 |
National Baptist Convention | 32% | 65% | 2% | 1% | 318 |
Nondenominational charismatic | 57% | 41% | 2% | 1% | 142 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 77% | 21% | 1% | 1% | 500 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 31% | 62% | 3% | 3% | 426 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 24% | 72% | 2% | 2% | 112 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 43% | 53% | 2% | 2% | 168 |
Seventh-day Adventist | 54% | 46% | < 1% | < 1% | 122 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 57% | 41% | 2% | 1% | 1,211 |
United Methodist Church | 40% | 58% | 2% | 1% | 640 |
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