Parent of children under 18 among adults who believe in God with absolute certainty by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults who believe in God with absolute certainty by parental status
% of adults who believe in God with absolute certainty who are…
Interpreting scripture | Parents | Non-parents | Sample size |
---|---|---|---|
Word of God; should be taken literally | 30% | 70% | 8,806 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 32% | 68% | 7,405 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 29% | 71% | 844 |
Not the word of God | 29% | 71% | 3,259 |
Other/don't know | 28% | 72% | 1,505 |
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