Interpreting scripture among blacks by importance of religion (2014) Switch to: Importance of religion in one's life among blacks by interpretation of scripture
% of blacks 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 | 61% | 23% | 3% | 7% | 6% | 2,568 |
Somewhat important | 26% | 28% | 1% | 37% | 8% | 518 |
Not too important | 15% | 15% | < 1% | 61% | 10% | 153 |
Not at all important | 11% | 14% | < 1% | 68% | 5% | 129 |
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