Generational cohort among who say philosophy/reason is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among who say philosophy/reason is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by generational group
% of who say philosophy/reason is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong who are…
Interpreting scripture | Younger Millennial | Older Millennial | Generation X | Baby Boomer | Silent | Greatest | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 16% | 13% | 28% | 32% | 10% | 2% | 365 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 25% | 19% | 25% | 22% | 9% | < 1% | 817 |
Not the word of God | 22% | 19% | 26% | 25% | 7% | 1% | 2,332 |
Other/don't know | 19% | 20% | 32% | 22% | 6% | < 1% | 272 |
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