Parent of children under 18 among Mainline Protestants who say the holy scripture is not the word of God by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious family among Mainline Protestants who say the holy scripture is not the word of God by parental status

% of Mainline Protestants who say the holy scripture is not the word of God who are…

Religious familyParentsNon-parentsSample size
Baptist Family (Mainline Trad.)30%70%104
Congregationalist Family (Mainline Trad.)29%71%119
Episcopalian/Anglican Family (Mainline Trad.)24%76%286
Lutheran Family (Mainline Trad.)32%68%265
Methodist Family (Mainline Trad.)22%78%403
Nondenominational Family (Mainline Trad.)32%68%132
Nonspecific Protestant Family (Mainline Trad.)25%75%256
Presbyterian Family (Mainline Trad.)24%76%214
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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