Interpreting scripture among moderates by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among moderates by interpretation of scripture
% of moderates 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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Catholic | 19% | 39% | 2% | 32% | 8% | 2,619 |
Evangelical Protestant | 42% | 37% | 4% | 11% | 5% | 2,236 |
Historically Black Protestant | 53% | 29% | 2% | 10% | 6% | 672 |
Jewish | 9% | 26% | 1% | 55% | 9% | 262 |
Mainline Protestant | 20% | 39% | 2% | 29% | 10% | 2,290 |
Mormon | 33% | 51% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 172 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 7% | 13% | < 1% | 72% | 7% | 2,681 |
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