Belief in God among married adults by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among married adults by belief in God
% of married adults 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% | 8% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 5,092 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 80% | 18% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 5,184 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 87% | 9% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 543 |
Not the word of God | 28% | 32% | 12% | 1% | 23% | 5% | 5,799 |
Other/don't know | 60% | 24% | 5% | 2% | 5% | 5% | 1,209 |
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