Parent of children under 18 among Mainline Protestants by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among Mainline Protestants by parental status
% of Mainline Protestants who are…
Interpreting scripture | Parents | Non-parents | Sample size |
---|---|---|---|
Word of God; should be taken literally | 24% | 76% | 1,261 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 28% | 72% | 2,156 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 20% | 80% | 177 |
Not the word of God | 27% | 73% | 1,835 |
Other/don't know | 21% | 79% | 633 |
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