Interpreting scripture among adults who feel a deep sense of wonder about the universe at least once a week by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who feel a deep sense of wonder about the universe at least once a week by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who feel a deep sense of wonder about the universe at least once a week who say the holy scripture is…
Religious tradition | 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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Buddhist | 3% | 10% | < 1% | 74% | 14% | 168 |
Catholic | 27% | 34% | 3% | 28% | 8% | 3,061 |
Evangelical Protestant | 56% | 28% | 4% | 8% | 4% | 4,247 |
Historically Black Protestant | 61% | 20% | 4% | 9% | 6% | 812 |
Jehovah's Witness | 45% | 39% | 9% | 2% | 5% | 160 |
Jewish | 11% | 26% | 2% | 54% | 8% | 362 |
Mainline Protestant | 23% | 34% | 3% | 30% | 10% | 2,762 |
Mormon | 39% | 50% | 3% | 5% | 2% | 337 |
Muslim | 43% | 30% | 10% | 13% | 4% | 129 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 8% | 9% | < 1% | 75% | 7% | 3,631 |
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