Belief in God among Non-Christians by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among Non-Christians by belief in God
% of Non-Christians who say they…
Interpreting scripture | Believe in God; absolutely certain | Believe in God; fairly certain | Believe in God; not too/not at all certain | Believe in God; don't know | Do not believe in God | Other/don't know if they believe in God | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 77% | 16% | 4% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 780 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 59% | 30% | 6% | < 1% | 3% | 1% | 1,105 |
Not the word of God | 17% | 22% | 14% | 1% | 41% | 7% | 7,241 |
Other/don't know | 41% | 25% | 8% | 3% | 12% | 12% | 801 |
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