Belief in God among adults who read scripture at least once a week by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults who read scripture at least once a week by belief in God
% of adults who read scripture at least once a week 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 | 92% | 6% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 6,408 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 90% | 9% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 3,685 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 91% | 5% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 594 |
Not the word of God | 64% | 22% | 5% | 1% | 6% | 3% | 978 |
Other/don't know | 84% | 10% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 671 |
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