Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who say that there are clear standards for what is right and wrong by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say that there are clear standards for what is right and wrong by sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of adults who say that there are clear standards for what is right and wrong who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong
Religious denomination | Religion | Philosophy/reason | Common sense | Science | Don't know | Sample size |
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American Baptist Churches USA | 51% | 2% | 42% | 4% | 1% | 152 |
Assemblies of God | 84% | 1% | 14% | 1% | 1% | 263 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 76% | 3% | 16% | 3% | 3% | 374 |
Churches of Christ | 70% | 3% | 22% | 3% | 2% | 243 |
Episcopal Church | 22% | 18% | 53% | 7% | < 1% | 146 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 40% | 5% | 48% | 5% | 2% | 209 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 70% | 2% | 24% | 1% | 2% | 432 |
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.) | 76% | 4% | 19% | 1% | 1% | 101 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 53% | 6% | 35% | 5% | 2% | 219 |
National Baptist Convention | 63% | 4% | 29% | 3% | 1% | 143 |
Nondenominational charismatic | 76% | 1% | 22% | < 1% | < 1% | 101 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 83% | 4% | 10% | 1% | 2% | 470 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 24% | 11% | 56% | 5% | 3% | 555 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 4% | 15% | 62% | 16% | 2% | 561 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 49% | 10% | 36% | 2% | 2% | 136 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 72% | 3% | 22% | 2% | 1% | 989 |
United Methodist Church | 48% | 7% | 39% | 5% | 2% | 623 |
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