Sources of guidance on 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 sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of adults who read scripture at least once a week 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% | 5% | 36% | 6% | 1% | 237 |
Assemblies of God | 79% | 3% | 15% | 1% | 2% | 359 |
Church of God in Christ | 70% | 2% | 24% | 2% | 3% | 115 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 77% | 2% | 15% | 3% | 3% | 499 |
Churches of Christ | 70% | 5% | 22% | 1% | 2% | 303 |
Episcopal Church | 36% | 17% | 35% | 9% | 4% | 113 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 56% | 4% | 31% | 5% | 4% | 188 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 71% | 2% | 22% | 3% | 3% | 509 |
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.) | 72% | 1% | 25% | 1% | 1% | 138 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 63% | 8% | 25% | 1% | 3% | 182 |
National Baptist Convention | 58% | 4% | 34% | 2% | 2% | 318 |
Nondenominational charismatic | 77% | 1% | 20% | < 1% | 1% | 142 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 84% | 2% | 12% | 1% | 1% | 500 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 39% | 10% | 44% | 3% | 4% | 426 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 13% | 22% | 53% | 8% | 4% | 112 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 56% | 8% | 27% | 4% | 5% | 168 |
Seventh-day Adventist | 75% | 2% | 20% | 1% | 2% | 122 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 73% | 3% | 21% | 2% | 2% | 1,211 |
United Methodist Church | 59% | 6% | 30% | 3% | 2% | 640 |
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