Interpreting scripture among adults who seldom or never pray by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who seldom or never pray by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who seldom or never pray 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 | 13% | 24% | 1% | 53% | 8% | 893 |
Evangelical Protestant | 26% | 34% | 1% | 34% | 5% | 326 |
Jewish | 3% | 10% | 1% | 80% | 6% | 408 |
Mainline Protestant | 9% | 21% | < 1% | 60% | 9% | 903 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 3% | 5% | < 1% | 86% | 5% | 4,941 |
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