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% of adults who seldom or never feel a deep sense of wonder about the universe who say the holy scripture is…
State | 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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Alabama | 54% | 28% | 5% | 9% | 4% | 148 |
Arizona | 22% | 36% | 3% | 26% | 13% | 129 |
California | 28% | 27% | 2% | 34% | 8% | 732 |
Florida | 29% | 27% | 5% | 32% | 7% | 479 |
Georgia | 48% | 29% | 1% | 15% | 6% | 240 |
Illinois | 28% | 36% | 2% | 27% | 7% | 310 |
Indiana | 36% | 30% | 3% | 23% | 8% | 167 |
Kentucky | 48% | 20% | 2% | 25% | 5% | 127 |
Louisiana | 54% | 19% | < 1% | 20% | 8% | 119 |
Maryland | 28% | 33% | 3% | 30% | 6% | 161 |
Massachusetts | 14% | 28% | 1% | 49% | 8% | 158 |
Michigan | 28% | 30% | 4% | 31% | 6% | 224 |
Minnesota | 27% | 28% | 4% | 31% | 10% | 132 |
Missouri | 39% | 26% | 3% | 26% | 7% | 161 |
New Jersey | 22% | 33% | 5% | 33% | 7% | 223 |
New York | 28% | 28% | 2% | 36% | 6% | 445 |
North Carolina | 42% | 26% | 3% | 22% | 7% | 218 |
Ohio | 40% | 26% | 3% | 27% | 5% | 275 |
Oklahoma | 35% | 30% | 3% | 27% | 5% | 113 |
Pennsylvania | 30% | 29% | 2% | 31% | 8% | 308 |
South Carolina | 53% | 29% | 1% | 15% | 2% | 118 |
Tennessee | 53% | 19% | 6% | 16% | 6% | 148 |
Texas | 45% | 25% | 2% | 22% | 6% | 544 |
Virginia | 49% | 17% | 3% | 24% | 7% | 161 |
Washington | 18% | 25% | 3% | 40% | 14% | 140 |
Wisconsin | 28% | 33% | 3% | 31% | 4% | 133 |
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