Generational cohort among adults who read scripture once or twice a month by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults who read scripture once or twice a month by generational group
% of adults who read scripture once or twice a month who are…
Interpreting scripture | Younger Millennial | Older Millennial | Generation X | Baby Boomer | Silent | Greatest | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 13% | 13% | 30% | 31% | 11% | 2% | 1,035 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 22% | 15% | 28% | 26% | 9% | 1% | 1,274 |
Not the word of God | 21% | 17% | 26% | 30% | 7% | < 1% | 714 |
Other/don't know | 8% | 18% | 36% | 29% | 8% | 1% | 279 |
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