Interpreting scripture among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm 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% | 9% | 1% | 74% | 14% | 195 |
Catholic | 27% | 33% | 2% | 30% | 7% | 3,406 |
Evangelical Protestant | 50% | 32% | 3% | 10% | 5% | 3,065 |
Hindu | 14% | 14% | < 1% | 63% | 10% | 114 |
Historically Black Protestant | 61% | 24% | 2% | 8% | 5% | 1,285 |
Jehovah's Witness | 45% | 42% | 7% | 2% | 4% | 142 |
Jewish | 6% | 20% | 1% | 68% | 5% | 567 |
Mainline Protestant | 22% | 32% | 2% | 34% | 10% | 2,890 |
Mormon | 26% | 51% | 4% | 14% | 5% | 209 |
Muslim | 37% | 32% | 8% | 15% | 7% | 146 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 9% | 9% | 1% | 76% | 5% | 4,566 |
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