Interpreting scripture among adults who seldom or never read scripture by views about size of government (2014) Switch to: Views about size of government among adults who seldom or never read scripture by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who seldom or never read scripture who say the holy scripture is…
Views about size of government | 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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Smaller government; fewer services | 10% | 26% | 1% | 55% | 8% | 8,232 |
Bigger government; more services | 17% | 19% | 1% | 58% | 6% | 6,676 |
Depends | 9% | 13% | 2% | 55% | 20% | 548 |
Don't know | 10% | 16% | 4% | 48% | 22% | 629 |
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