Region among Mainline Protestants by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among Mainline Protestants by region
% of Mainline Protestants who are in…
Interpreting scripture | Northeast | South | Midwest | West | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 17% | 40% | 28% | 15% | 1,266 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 17% | 37% | 30% | 16% | 2,158 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 15% | 38% | 27% | 20% | 177 |
Not the word of God | 22% | 32% | 25% | 20% | 1,841 |
Other/don't know | 16% | 37% | 27% | 20% | 641 |