Interpreting scripture among Mainline Protestants who read scripture seldom/never by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious family among Mainline Protestants who read scripture seldom/never by interpretation of scripture
% of Mainline Protestants who read scripture 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.) | 32% | 29% | 4% | 28% | 7% | 215 |
Congregationalist Family (Mainline Trad.) | 4% | 24% | 2% | 63% | 8% | 138 |
Episcopalian/Anglican Family (Mainline Trad.) | 7% | 27% | 1% | 57% | 8% | 328 |
Lutheran Family (Mainline Trad.) | 10% | 36% | 1% | 43% | 11% | 401 |
Methodist Family (Mainline Trad.) | 14% | 41% | 2% | 36% | 7% | 648 |
Nondenominational Family (Mainline Trad.) | 7% | 26% | < 1% | 54% | 13% | 169 |
Nonspecific Protestant Family (Mainline Trad.) | 12% | 24% | 1% | 49% | 14% | 383 |
Presbyterian Family (Mainline Trad.) | 11% | 31% | 2% | 44% | 11% | 309 |
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