Belief in God among adults in California by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults in California by belief in God
% of adults in California 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 | 79% | 16% | 2% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 822 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 72% | 23% | 3% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 855 |
Not the word of God | 26% | 26% | 15% | 1% | 29% | 4% | 1,621 |
Other/don't know | 53% | 27% | 7% | 2% | 6% | 6% | 310 |
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