Belief in absolute standards for right and wrong among who say common sense is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among who say common sense 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 common sense is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong 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 | 29% | 69% | 2% | 1% | 210 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 37% | 62% | < 1% | < 1% | 155 |
Churches of Christ | 26% | 70% | 1% | 2% | 161 |
Episcopal Church | 28% | 69% | 3% | < 1% | 249 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 27% | 72% | 2% | < 1% | 317 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 30% | 67% | 2% | 1% | 265 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 34% | 64% | 1% | 1% | 184 |
National Baptist Convention | 19% | 77% | 1% | 2% | 176 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 40% | 57% | 2% | < 1% | 131 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 26% | 71% | 1% | 1% | 1,127 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 19% | 79% | 1% | 1% | 1,810 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 31% | 67% | 2% | < 1% | 165 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 34% | 63% | 1% | 1% | 543 |
United Church of Christ | 23% | 76% | 1% | < 1% | 119 |
United Methodist Church | 30% | 69% | 1% | 1% | 745 |
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