Interpreting scripture among the Unaffiliated by views about size of government (2014) Switch to: Views about size of government among the Unaffiliated by interpretation of scripture
% of the Unaffiliated 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 | 6% | 12% | 1% | 74% | 7% | 3,541 |
Bigger government; more services | 13% | 10% | 1% | 70% | 5% | 3,419 |
Depends | 4% | 5% | 2% | 72% | 18% | 285 |
Don't know | 11% | 6% | 2% | 62% | 20% | 311 |
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