Interpreting scripture among Mainline Protestants who identify as no lean by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious family among Mainline Protestants who identify as no lean by interpretation of scripture
% of Mainline Protestants who identify as no lean who say the holy scripture is…
Religious family | 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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Baptist Family (Mainline Trad.) | 45% | 18% | 8% | 23% | 6% | 100 |
Lutheran Family (Mainline Trad.) | 17% | 37% | 5% | 26% | 15% | 109 |
Methodist Family (Mainline Trad.) | 29% | 35% | 4% | 19% | 13% | 171 |
Nonspecific Protestant Family (Mainline Trad.) | 21% | 25% | 6% | 31% | 17% | 193 |
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