Importance of religion in one's life among adults in the Silent generation by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults in the Silent generation by importance of religion
% of adults in the Silent generation who say religion is…
Interpreting scripture | Very important | Somewhat important | Not too important | Not at all important | Don't know | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 91% | 8% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1,993 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 71% | 24% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 1,628 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 83% | 13% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 239 |
Not the word of God | 24% | 28% | 20% | 27% | 2% | 1,608 |
Other/don't know | 58% | 27% | 7% | 6% | 2% | 521 |
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