Interpreting scripture among adults who believe in God and are not too or not at all certain by educational group (2014) Switch to: Educational distribution among adults who believe in God and are not too or not at all certain by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who believe in God and are not too or not at all certain who say the holy scripture is…
Educational distribution | 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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High school or less | 13% | 16% | < 1% | 63% | 7% | 486 |
Some college | 3% | 8% | < 1% | 81% | 8% | 390 |
College | 1% | 5% | < 1% | 89% | 5% | 519 |
Post-graduate degree | < 1% | 4% | < 1% | 90% | 5% | 414 |
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