Interpreting scripture among members of the National Baptist Convention by political ideology (2014) Switch to: Political ideology among members of the National Baptist Convention by interpretation of scripture
% of members of the National Baptist Convention who say the holy scripture is…
Political ideology | 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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Conservative | 73% | 14% | 2% | 5% | 6% | 159 |
Moderate | 57% | 27% | 2% | 7% | 6% | 171 |
Liberal | 58% | 26% | < 1% | 11% | 4% | 109 |
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