Interpreting scripture among moderates by importance of religion (2014) Switch to: Importance of religion in one's life among moderates by interpretation of scripture
% of moderates 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 | 40% | 37% | 3% | 12% | 7% | 5,549 |
Somewhat important | 12% | 37% | 1% | 42% | 9% | 3,308 |
Not too important | 4% | 14% | < 1% | 74% | 7% | 1,493 |
Not at all important | 3% | 4% | < 1% | 88% | 5% | 1,224 |
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