Importance of religion in one's life among adults in Illinois by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults in Illinois by importance of religion
% of adults in Illinois 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 | 79% | 17% | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | 320 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 61% | 30% | 7% | 1% | 1% | 400 |
Not the word of God | 17% | 30% | 25% | 27% | < 1% | 472 |
Other/don't know | 47% | 30% | 16% | 4% | 2% | 100 |
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