Interpreting scripture among adults who seldom or never meditate by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who seldom or never meditate by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who seldom or never meditate 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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Catholic | 19% | 38% | 2% | 33% | 7% | 3,119 |
Evangelical Protestant | 48% | 34% | 4% | 9% | 4% | 3,202 |
Historically Black Protestant | 50% | 27% | 2% | 13% | 9% | 538 |
Jewish | 7% | 23% | 2% | 61% | 7% | 487 |
Mainline Protestant | 21% | 38% | 2% | 31% | 8% | 2,679 |
Mormon | 31% | 53% | 3% | 7% | 5% | 175 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 8% | 11% | 1% | 73% | 7% | 4,330 |
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