Interpreting scripture among Mainline Protestants who attend religious services seldom/never by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious family among Mainline Protestants who attend religious services seldom/never by interpretation of scripture
% of Mainline Protestants who attend religious services seldom/never who say the holy scripture is…
Religious family | 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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Baptist Family (Mainline Trad.) | 26% | 25% | 6% | 34% | 9% | 136 |
Episcopalian/Anglican Family (Mainline Trad.) | 8% | 23% | < 1% | 57% | 11% | 120 |
Lutheran Family (Mainline Trad.) | 16% | 33% | 2% | 42% | 7% | 157 |
Methodist Family (Mainline Trad.) | 17% | 37% | 2% | 36% | 9% | 303 |
Nondenominational Family (Mainline Trad.) | 7% | 22% | 1% | 55% | 16% | 110 |
Nonspecific Protestant Family (Mainline Trad.) | 12% | 22% | 3% | 50% | 14% | 319 |
Presbyterian Family (Mainline Trad.) | 19% | 25% | 1% | 48% | 7% | 127 |
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