Interpreting scripture among adults in the Dallas metro area by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults in the Dallas metro area by interpretation of scripture
% of adults in the Dallas metro area 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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Evangelical Protestant | 58% | 31% | 3% | 6% | 2% | 248 |
Mainline Protestant | 22% | 43% | 4% | 26% | 4% | 110 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 12% | 8% | < 1% | 73% | 7% | 103 |
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