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% of adults who say that right or wrong depends on the situation who say the holy scripture is…
State | 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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Alabama | 44% | 33% | 4% | 16% | 3% | 268 |
Alaska | 22% | 17% | 1% | 52% | 9% | 193 |
Arizona | 20% | 27% | 1% | 40% | 12% | 374 |
Arkansas | 40% | 28% | 1% | 25% | 6% | 180 |
California | 21% | 22% | 2% | 47% | 9% | 2,431 |
Colorado | 15% | 20% | 1% | 54% | 10% | 299 |
Connecticut | 19% | 24% | 2% | 49% | 6% | 257 |
Delaware | 19% | 27% | 3% | 45% | 7% | 199 |
District of Columbia | 23% | 22% | 1% | 46% | 8% | 222 |
Florida | 26% | 24% | 3% | 40% | 7% | 1,303 |
Georgia | 36% | 26% | 2% | 30% | 6% | 571 |
Hawaii | 19% | 22% | < 1% | 48% | 10% | 215 |
Idaho | 15% | 32% | 2% | 47% | 5% | 178 |
Illinois | 21% | 30% | 2% | 40% | 6% | 860 |
Indiana | 27% | 30% | 3% | 34% | 6% | 398 |
Iowa | 19% | 34% | 1% | 39% | 7% | 213 |
Kansas | 22% | 38% | 2% | 30% | 7% | 187 |
Kentucky | 30% | 26% | 2% | 37% | 6% | 251 |
Louisiana | 41% | 26% | 1% | 27% | 4% | 268 |
Maine | 13% | 20% | 1% | 55% | 11% | 213 |
Maryland | 23% | 24% | 2% | 44% | 7% | 417 |
Massachusetts | 13% | 21% | 2% | 57% | 7% | 506 |
Michigan | 21% | 33% | 1% | 37% | 7% | 601 |
Minnesota | 16% | 23% | 2% | 49% | 11% | 357 |
Mississippi | 53% | 23% | 3% | 16% | 4% | 181 |
Missouri | 25% | 29% | 2% | 33% | 10% | 394 |
Montana | 11% | 35% | 3% | 44% | 7% | 170 |
Nebraska | 24% | 35% | 2% | 33% | 6% | 180 |
Nevada | 22% | 23% | 1% | 48% | 5% | 210 |
New Hampshire | 8% | 23% | 1% | 58% | 9% | 192 |
New Jersey | 22% | 27% | 1% | 42% | 7% | 596 |
New Mexico | 27% | 23% | 2% | 41% | 6% | 194 |
New York | 20% | 22% | 2% | 49% | 7% | 1,357 |
North Carolina | 31% | 25% | 2% | 33% | 9% | 624 |
North Dakota | 17% | 30% | 2% | 45% | 6% | 196 |
Ohio | 28% | 29% | 2% | 32% | 8% | 728 |
Oklahoma | 28% | 29% | 2% | 32% | 8% | 244 |
Oregon | 15% | 23% | 1% | 52% | 8% | 270 |
Pennsylvania | 22% | 27% | 2% | 43% | 7% | 836 |
Rhode Island | 15% | 29% | 2% | 51% | 3% | 195 |
South Carolina | 40% | 27% | 2% | 25% | 7% | 282 |
South Dakota | 23% | 33% | 2% | 30% | 11% | 187 |
Tennessee | 37% | 24% | 4% | 26% | 9% | 354 |
Texas | 33% | 26% | 2% | 32% | 7% | 1,509 |
Utah | 17% | 30% | 2% | 45% | 7% | 179 |
Vermont | 8% | 20% | 4% | 64% | 5% | 217 |
Virginia | 29% | 25% | 2% | 36% | 8% | 529 |
Washington | 16% | 23% | 1% | 52% | 7% | 454 |
West Virginia | 40% | 21% | 5% | 26% | 7% | 165 |
Wisconsin | 22% | 30% | 3% | 39% | 6% | 389 |
Wyoming | 20% | 31% | 5% | 36% | 9% | 162 |
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