Interpreting scripture among adults in Georgia by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults in Georgia by interpretation of scripture
% of adults in Georgia 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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Evangelical Protestant | 55% | 31% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 364 |
Historically Black Protestant | 65% | 22% | 1% | 7% | 5% | 158 |
Mainline Protestant | 19% | 40% | 5% | 27% | 10% | 146 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 15% | 8% | 1% | 66% | 9% | 151 |
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