Age distribution among adults who believe in God and are fairly certain by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults who believe in God and are fairly certain by age group
% of adults who believe in God and are fairly certain who are ages…
Interpreting scripture | 18-29 | 30-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Sample size |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Word of God; should be taken literally | 20% | 41% | 26% | 14% | 768 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 29% | 33% | 23% | 15% | 1,818 |
Not the word of God | 25% | 36% | 25% | 14% | 3,383 |
Other/don't know | 20% | 36% | 24% | 19% | 620 |