State among Catholics by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among Catholics by state
% of Catholics who are in…
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 20% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 4% | 1% | 9% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 4% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 13% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 1,545 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 14% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 7% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 2% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 1% | 9% | 1% | < 1% | 4% | < 1% | 1% | 5% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 8% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 2,774 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 3% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 14% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 9% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 4% | 2% | 11% | 2% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 5% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 8% | < 1% | 1% | 3% | 2% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 205 |
Not the word of God | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 15% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 7% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 3% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | 6% | 1% | 11% | 1% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 1% | 5% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 7% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | 2% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 2,068 |
Other/don't know | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 16% | 2% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | 7% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 6% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 5% | 2% | 10% | 3% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 8% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | 3% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 610 |
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