Views about government aid to the poor among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by views about government aid to the poor
% of adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men who say government aid to the poor…
Religious tradition | Does more harm than good | Does more good than harm | Neither/both equally | Don't know | Sample size |
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Buddhist | 21% | 75% | 3% | 1% | 202 |
Catholic | 42% | 53% | 4% | 2% | 2,068 |
Evangelical Protestant | 47% | 50% | 2% | 1% | 636 |
Hindu | 33% | 61% | 6% | 1% | 119 |
Historically Black Protestant | 27% | 63% | 7% | 3% | 177 |
Jewish | 17% | 79% | 4% | < 1% | 513 |
Mainline Protestant | 40% | 55% | 3% | 1% | 1,841 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 34% | 61% | 3% | 1% | 5,713 |
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