Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good by sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good 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 | 41% | 6% | 47% | 5% | 1% | 206 |
Assemblies of God | 77% | 1% | 19% | 2% | 1% | 259 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 69% | 3% | 22% | 3% | 3% | 407 |
Churches of Christ | 56% | 4% | 36% | 2% | 1% | 249 |
Episcopal Church | 16% | 12% | 66% | 5% | 1% | 187 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 30% | 6% | 57% | 5% | 2% | 292 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 55% | 4% | 36% | 2% | 2% | 501 |
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.) | 62% | 7% | 29% | 1% | 1% | 102 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 45% | 6% | 45% | 3% | < 1% | 289 |
National Baptist Convention | 40% | 9% | 44% | 6% | 1% | 111 |
Nondenominational charismatic | 72% | 2% | 24% | < 1% | 2% | 109 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 78% | 3% | 16% | 2% | 1% | 443 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 17% | 11% | 60% | 10% | 2% | 851 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 3% | 12% | 70% | 13% | 1% | 1,083 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 43% | 14% | 37% | 2% | 5% | 166 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 63% | 3% | 30% | 2% | 2% | 1,190 |
United Methodist Church | 41% | 7% | 47% | 4% | 1% | 870 |
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