Interpreting scripture by importance of religion (2014) Switch to: Importance of religion in one's life by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who say the holy scripture is…
Importance of religion in one's life | 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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Very important | 49% | 31% | 4% | 10% | 6% | 18,725 |
Somewhat important | 15% | 34% | 2% | 41% | 9% | 8,311 |
Not too important | 5% | 13% | < 1% | 74% | 8% | 3,790 |
Not at all important | 3% | 4% | < 1% | 88% | 5% | 3,966 |
Don't know | 19% | 15% | 5% | 36% | 25% | 279 |
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