Interpreting scripture among Catholics by views about size of government (2014) Switch to: Views about size of government among Catholics by interpretation of scripture
% of Catholics who say the holy scripture is…
Views about size of government | 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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Smaller government; fewer services | 19% | 43% | 2% | 29% | 7% | 3,868 |
Bigger government; more services | 34% | 30% | 2% | 27% | 7% | 2,884 |
Depends | 18% | 27% | 7% | 26% | 23% | 207 |
Don't know | 16% | 28% | 10% | 29% | 17% | 243 |
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