Attendance at religious services among adults in the Northeast by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults in the Northeast by religious attendance
% of adults in the Northeast who attend religious services…
Interpreting scripture | At least once a week | Once or twice a month/a few times a year | Seldom/never | Don't know | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 55% | 30% | 14% | < 1% | 1,280 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 41% | 40% | 19% | < 1% | 1,732 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 59% | 22% | 17% | 2% | 151 |
Not the word of God | 9% | 33% | 58% | < 1% | 2,827 |
Other/don't know | 23% | 40% | 33% | 4% | 526 |
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