Educational distribution by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture by educational group
% of adults who have completed…
Interpreting scripture | High school or less | Some college | College | Post-graduate degree | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 56% | 29% | 11% | 5% | 9,741 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 37% | 34% | 18% | 11% | 9,509 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 45% | 33% | 14% | 9% | 971 |
Not the word of God | 31% | 32% | 22% | 16% | 12,082 |
Other/don't know | 38% | 35% | 16% | 12% | 2,565 |
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