Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men 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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Episcopal Church | 9% | 23% | 54% | 11% | 5% | 239 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 9% | 18% | 62% | 9% | 1% | 174 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 6% | 19% | 62% | 12% | 2% | 851 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 1% | 17% | 63% | 17% | 1% | 2,426 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 11% | 20% | 53% | 12% | 3% | 113 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 21% | 12% | 61% | 6% | < 1% | 128 |
Unitarian | 2% | 30% | 40% | 24% | 4% | 143 |
United Methodist Church | 13% | 18% | 59% | 9% | 2% | 360 |
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