Interpreting scripture among Mainline Protestants by political ideology (2014) Switch to: Political ideology among Mainline Protestants by interpretation of scripture
% of Mainline Protestants 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 | 34% | 37% | 3% | 19% | 7% | 2,269 |
Moderate | 20% | 39% | 2% | 29% | 10% | 2,290 |
Liberal | 12% | 29% | 1% | 47% | 11% | 1,259 |
Don't know | 29% | 25% | 8% | 20% | 18% | 265 |
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