Interpreting scripture among moderates by belief in God (2014) Switch to: Belief in God among moderates by interpretation of scripture
% of moderates 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 | 34% | 38% | 3% | 17% | 8% | 6,834 |
Believe in God; fairly certain | 10% | 30% | 1% | 50% | 9% | 2,719 |
Believe in God; not too/not at all certain | 4% | 8% | < 1% | 82% | 6% | 688 |
Do not believe in God | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 95% | 3% | 1,048 |
Other/don't know if they believe in God | 1% | 4% | 1% | 79% | 14% | 295 |
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