Interpreting scripture among adults who seldom or never attend prayer groups by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who seldom or never attend prayer groups by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who seldom or never attend prayer groups 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 | 2% | 6% | 1% | 81% | 10% | 160 |
Catholic | 19% | 34% | 2% | 36% | 8% | 4,669 |
Evangelical Protestant | 37% | 37% | 4% | 16% | 6% | 2,790 |
Hindu | 3% | 12% | < 1% | 72% | 13% | 119 |
Historically Black Protestant | 41% | 29% | 2% | 18% | 9% | 572 |
Jewish | 6% | 17% | < 1% | 69% | 7% | 548 |
Mainline Protestant | 15% | 34% | 2% | 38% | 10% | 3,642 |
Mormon | 24% | 44% | 3% | 22% | 7% | 116 |
Orthodox Christian | 12% | 28% | 3% | 43% | 15% | 109 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 6% | 10% | 1% | 77% | 7% | 6,810 |
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