Belief in God among non-parents by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among non-parents by belief in God
% of non-parents 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 | 89% | 9% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 7,352 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 76% | 21% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 7,032 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 85% | 10% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 763 |
Not the word of God | 26% | 27% | 13% | 1% | 28% | 5% | 9,385 |
Other/don't know | 59% | 23% | 5% | 2% | 5% | 6% | 2,035 |
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