Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who say humans always existed in present form by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say humans always existed in present form by sources of guidance on right and wrong

% of adults who say humans always existed in present form who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong

Religious denominationReligionPhilosophy/reasonCommon senseScienceDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA52%4%39%5%< 1%191
Assemblies of God85%< 1%13%2%1%305
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints77%1%18%2%2%335
Churches of Christ64%4%29%2%1%252
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)45%4%45%5%2%184
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)67%3%27%2%1%488
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)69%5%24%1%1%118
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod59%6%31%1%3%206
National Baptist Convention51%4%40%3%2%220
Nondenominational charismatic80%< 1%18%2%< 1%130
Nondenominational evangelical82%3%13%1%2%467
Nothing in particular (religion important)28%6%55%8%3%571
Nothing in particular (religion not important)7%11%70%11%1%302
Presbyterian Church (USA)47%6%41%1%4%100
Seventh-day Adventist73%5%21%1%< 1%115
Southern Baptist Convention71%2%24%1%2%1,097
United Methodist Church54%3%41%1%< 1%516
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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