Views about size of government among adults ages 65 and older by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults ages 65 and older by views about size of government
% of adults ages 65 and older who would rather have…
Interpreting scripture | Smaller government; fewer services | Bigger government; more services | Depends | Don't know | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 59% | 34% | 2% | 5% | 2,934 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 67% | 26% | 2% | 4% | 2,539 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 54% | 25% | 8% | 13% | 348 |
Not the word of God | 50% | 41% | 5% | 4% | 2,690 |
Other/don't know | 51% | 29% | 8% | 13% | 816 |
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