Interpreting scripture among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good 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 | 25% | 40% | 3% | 25% | 7% | 3,398 |
Evangelical Protestant | 58% | 28% | 4% | 6% | 3% | 4,997 |
Historically Black Protestant | 58% | 25% | 2% | 9% | 6% | 502 |
Jewish | 20% | 36% | 3% | 32% | 9% | 228 |
Mainline Protestant | 26% | 39% | 3% | 24% | 8% | 2,822 |
Mormon | 35% | 55% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 418 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 10% | 14% | 1% | 68% | 7% | 2,566 |
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