Interpreting scripture among who do not believe in Heaven by age group (2014) Switch to: Age distribution among who do not believe in Heaven by interpretation of scripture
% of who do not believe in Heaven who say the holy scripture is…
Age distribution | Word of God; should be taken literally | Word of God; not everything taken literally | Word of God; other/don't know | Not the word of God | Other/don't know | Sample size |
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18-29 | 4% | 7% | < 1% | 85% | 4% | 1,564 |
30-49 | 7% | 7% | < 1% | 81% | 4% | 2,191 |
50-64 | 10% | 10% | 1% | 73% | 5% | 2,135 |
65+ | 7% | 10% | 2% | 74% | 8% | 1,964 |
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