Importance of religion in one's life among adults in New Jersey by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults in New Jersey by importance of religion
% of adults in New Jersey 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 | 88% | 10% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 171 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 61% | 34% | 4% | < 1% | 1% | 266 |
Not the word of God | 17% | 36% | 24% | 23% | 1% | 341 |
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