Interpreting scripture 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 interpretation of scripture
% of who say common sense is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong who say the holy scripture is…
Religious denomination | Word of God; should be taken literally | Word of God; not everything taken literally | Word of God; other/don't know | Not the word of God | Other/don't know | Sample size |
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American Baptist Churches USA | 48% | 28% | 6% | 12% | 6% | 210 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 18% | 63% | 1% | 10% | 8% | 155 |
Churches of Christ | 35% | 36% | 3% | 19% | 7% | 161 |
Episcopal Church | 11% | 31% | 1% | 47% | 11% | 249 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 14% | 44% | 1% | 34% | 7% | 317 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 33% | 39% | 2% | 20% | 6% | 265 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 26% | 53% | 3% | 13% | 5% | 184 |
National Baptist Convention | 54% | 25% | 1% | 14% | 6% | 176 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 31% | 54% | 4% | 7% | 4% | 131 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 19% | 26% | 1% | 44% | 10% | 1,127 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 4% | 8% | < 1% | 80% | 8% | 1,810 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 20% | 38% | < 1% | 32% | 10% | 165 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 46% | 30% | 3% | 15% | 5% | 543 |
United Church of Christ | 11% | 32% | < 1% | 44% | 12% | 119 |
United Methodist Church | 19% | 44% | 1% | 26% | 10% | 745 |
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