Christians among adults ages 65 and older by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults ages 65 and older by religion
% of adults ages 65 and older who are…
Interpreting scripture | Christian | All Non-Christians | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 96% | 4% | 2,934 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 94% | 6% | 2,539 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 95% | 5% | 348 |
Not the word of God | 53% | 47% | 2,690 |
Other/don't know | 80% | 20% | 816 |
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