Frequency of feeling wonder about the universe among adults in the Silent generation by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults in the Silent generation by frequency feeling a sense of wonder about the universe
% of adults in the Silent generation who feel a sense of wonder about the universe…
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 | 48% | 10% | 10% | 27% | 4% | 1,993 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 44% | 13% | 14% | 27% | 2% | 1,628 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 46% | 7% | 12% | 26% | 10% | 239 |
Not the word of God | 42% | 15% | 13% | 29% | 1% | 1,608 |
Other/don't know | 47% | 10% | 10% | 27% | 6% | 521 |
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