Interpreting scripture among conservatives by belief in God (2014) Switch to: Belief in God among conservatives by interpretation of scripture
% of conservatives who say the holy scripture is…
Belief in God | 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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Believe in God; absolutely certain | 53% | 31% | 4% | 8% | 5% | 10,183 |
Believe in God; fairly certain | 22% | 33% | 2% | 35% | 8% | 1,796 |
Believe in God; not too/not at all certain | 9% | 18% | < 1% | 63% | 9% | 316 |
Do not believe in God | 2% | 3% | < 1% | 90% | 5% | 403 |
Other/don't know if they believe in God | 6% | 10% | 3% | 58% | 23% | 151 |
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