Parent of children under 18 among Catholics by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among Catholics by parental status
% of Catholics who are…
Interpreting scripture | Parents | Non-parents | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 36% | 64% | 1,538 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 30% | 70% | 2,763 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 28% | 72% | 201 |
Not the word of God | 28% | 72% | 2,064 |
Other/don't know | 27% | 73% | 606 |
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