Interpreting scripture among liberals by importance of religion (2014) Switch to: Importance of religion in one's life among liberals by interpretation of scripture
% of liberals 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 | 41% | 28% | 3% | 21% | 8% | 2,923 |
Somewhat important | 11% | 25% | 1% | 54% | 9% | 2,142 |
Not too important | 3% | 9% | < 1% | 82% | 5% | 1,388 |
Not at all important | 2% | 3% | < 1% | 92% | 3% | 1,977 |
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