Interpreting scripture among adults who read scripture at least once a week by importance of religion (2014) Switch to: Importance of religion in one's life among adults who read scripture at least once a week by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who read scripture at least once a week 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 | 58% | 28% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 10,938 |
Somewhat important | 29% | 34% | 4% | 26% | 7% | 1,012 |
Not too important | 17% | 29% | 1% | 45% | 7% | 144 |
Not at all important | 24% | 20% | 4% | 41% | 11% | 158 |
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