Interpreting scripture among adults who seldom or never read scripture by belief in God (2014) Switch to: Belief in God among adults who seldom or never read scripture by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who seldom or never read scripture 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 | 25% | 35% | 2% | 30% | 8% | 6,251 |
Believe in God; fairly certain | 9% | 25% | 1% | 57% | 9% | 4,440 |
Believe in God; not too/not at all certain | 3% | 8% | < 1% | 82% | 6% | 1,507 |
Believe in God; don't know | 19% | 11% | 9% | 34% | 27% | 126 |
Do not believe in God | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 95% | 3% | 3,079 |
Other/don't know if they believe in God | 1% | 3% | < 1% | 79% | 17% | 682 |
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