Interpreting scripture among Mainline Protestants who meditate seldom/never by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious family among Mainline Protestants who meditate seldom/never by interpretation of scripture
% of Mainline Protestants who meditate 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.) | 42% | 33% | 3% | 17% | 6% | 292 |
Episcopalian/Anglican Family (Mainline Trad.) | 12% | 38% | < 1% | 44% | 6% | 260 |
Lutheran Family (Mainline Trad.) | 14% | 43% | 1% | 34% | 8% | 434 |
Methodist Family (Mainline Trad.) | 21% | 46% | 1% | 25% | 7% | 735 |
Nondenominational Family (Mainline Trad.) | 13% | 40% | 1% | 34% | 12% | 166 |
Nonspecific Protestant Family (Mainline Trad.) | 17% | 30% | 3% | 39% | 12% | 336 |
Presbyterian Family (Mainline Trad.) | 21% | 34% | 2% | 32% | 10% | 302 |
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