Interpreting scripture among adults who believe in God and are not too or not at all certain by importance of religion (2014) Switch to: Importance of religion in one's life 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…
Importance of religion in one's life | 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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Very important | 25% | 19% | 2% | 46% | 8% | 152 |
Somewhat important | 6% | 14% | < 1% | 70% | 9% | 546 |
Not too important | 2% | 6% | < 1% | 86% | 6% | 703 |
Not at all important | 4% | 7% | < 1% | 85% | 4% | 407 |
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