Belief in God among adults in the Silent generation by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults in the Silent generation by belief in God
% of adults in the Silent generation 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 | 91% | 6% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1,993 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 80% | 17% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1,628 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 78% | 16% | 1% | 3% | < 1% | 1% | 239 |
Not the word of God | 29% | 30% | 11% | 2% | 23% | 6% | 1,608 |
Other/don't know | 61% | 20% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 3% | 521 |
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