Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally 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 | 42% | 6% | 47% | 4% | 1% | 132 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 66% | 3% | 28% | 1% | 2% | 354 |
Churches of Christ | 45% | 10% | 39% | 4% | 2% | 162 |
Episcopal Church | 28% | 13% | 49% | 7% | 3% | 159 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 36% | 3% | 55% | 4% | 3% | 280 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 38% | 7% | 52% | 1% | 2% | 215 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 34% | 4% | 57% | 4% | 1% | 177 |
National Baptist Convention | 42% | 7% | 47% | 4% | < 1% | 101 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 64% | 6% | 27% | 2% | 1% | 236 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 18% | 8% | 63% | 9% | 3% | 468 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 8% | 17% | 62% | 11% | 2% | 212 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 42% | 12% | 40% | 3% | 3% | 172 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 49% | 6% | 40% | 3% | 2% | 430 |
United Methodist Church | 37% | 7% | 50% | 5% | 1% | 686 |
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