Interpreting scripture among Evangelical Protestants who say religion is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious family among Evangelical Protestants who say religion is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by interpretation of scripture
% of Evangelical Protestants who say religion is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong 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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Adventist Family (Evangelical Trad.) | 55% | 32% | 6% | < 1% | 6% | 130 |
Baptist Family (Evangelical Trad.) | 71% | 21% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 1,921 |
Holiness Family (Evangelical Trad.) | 69% | 26% | 3% | 2% | < 1% | 165 |
Lutheran Family (Evangelical Trad.) | 57% | 34% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 293 |
Nondenominational Family (Evangelical Trad.) | 60% | 30% | 5% | 2% | 3% | 1,082 |
Nonspecific Protestant Family (Evangelical Trad.) | 65% | 24% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 253 |
Pentecostal Family (Evangelical Trad.) | 77% | 16% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 763 |
Presbyterian Family (Evangelical Trad.) | 48% | 37% | 8% | 3% | 4% | 158 |
Restorationist Family (Evangelical Trad.) | 64% | 27% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 301 |
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