Views about environmental regulation among methodists in the Mainline Tradition by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among methodists in the Mainline Tradition by views about environmental protection
% of methodists in the Mainline Tradition who say…
Interpreting scripture | Stricter environmental laws and regulations cost too many jobs and hurt the economy | Stricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost | Neither/both equally | Don't know | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 54% | 41% | 2% | 3% | 411 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 40% | 56% | 2% | 1% | 716 |
Not the word of God | 32% | 65% | 2% | 2% | 404 |
Other/don't know | 38% | 49% | 4% | 9% | 157 |
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