Frequency of feeling spiritual peace and wellbeing among adults who read scripture at least once a week by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults who read scripture at least once a week by frequency of feelings of spiritual wellbeing
% of adults who read scripture at least once a week who feel a sense of spiritual peace and wellbeing…
Interpreting scripture | At least once a week | Once or twice a month | Several times a year | Seldom/never | Don't know | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 86% | 8% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 6,408 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 81% | 11% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 3,685 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 82% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 4% | 594 |
Not the word of God | 73% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 1% | 978 |
Other/don't know | 80% | 8% | 3% | 5% | 3% | 671 |
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