Interpreting scripture among adults who seldom or never meditate by belief in God (2014) Switch to: Belief in God among adults who seldom or never meditate by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who seldom or never meditate who say the holy scripture is…
Belief in God | Word of God; should be taken literally | Word of God; not everything taken literally | Word of God; other/don't know | Not the word of God | Other/don't know | Sample size |
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Believe in God; absolutely certain | 38% | 37% | 3% | 15% | 6% | 7,895 |
Believe in God; fairly certain | 11% | 32% | 1% | 48% | 8% | 3,404 |
Believe in God; not too/not at all certain | 6% | 11% | < 1% | 75% | 8% | 1,052 |
Do not believe in God | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 94% | 3% | 2,243 |
Other/don't know if they believe in God | < 1% | 4% | 1% | 79% | 17% | 479 |
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