Belief in absolute standards for right and wrong among adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer services by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer services by belief in existence of standards for right and wrong
% of adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer services 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 | 41% | 57% | 1% | 1% | 231 |
Assemblies of God | 69% | 28% | 1% | 1% | 297 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 66% | 32% | 2% | < 1% | 507 |
Churches of Christ | 53% | 46% | 2% | < 1% | 304 |
Episcopal Church | 34% | 64% | 2% | < 1% | 272 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 34% | 65% | 1% | < 1% | 403 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 58% | 40% | 1% | 1% | 576 |
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.) | 60% | 38% | 2% | < 1% | 121 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 49% | 49% | 1% | < 1% | 343 |
National Baptist Convention | 40% | 55% | 2% | 3% | 109 |
Nondenominational charismatic | 57% | 42% | 1% | 1% | 126 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 72% | 26% | 1% | < 1% | 556 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 32% | 65% | 2% | 2% | 983 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 22% | 76% | 1% | 1% | 1,463 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 43% | 52% | 3% | 2% | 249 |
Presbyterian Church in America | 53% | 44% | 2% | 1% | 112 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 58% | 39% | 2% | 1% | 1,336 |
United Church of Christ | 30% | 68% | 2% | < 1% | 108 |
United Methodist Church | 43% | 55% | 1% | < 1% | 1,115 |
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