Interpreting scripture among adults who attend services monthly or yearly by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who attend services monthly or yearly by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who attend services monthly or yearly who say the holy scripture is…
Religious tradition | 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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Buddhist | 3% | 12% | 1% | 67% | 18% | 105 |
Catholic | 21% | 36% | 2% | 33% | 8% | 2,747 |
Evangelical Protestant | 40% | 37% | 3% | 13% | 7% | 2,367 |
Hindu | 12% | 16% | < 1% | 60% | 13% | 111 |
Historically Black Protestant | 47% | 31% | 2% | 13% | 8% | 652 |
Jewish | 6% | 24% | 1% | 60% | 8% | 428 |
Mainline Protestant | 19% | 38% | 2% | 31% | 10% | 2,517 |
Orthodox Christian | 18% | 33% | 4% | 36% | 9% | 102 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 15% | 18% | 1% | 58% | 8% | 1,668 |
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