Religious tradition among adults who believe in God and are not too or not at all certain by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults who believe in God and are not too or not at all certain by religious group
% of adults who believe in God and are not too or not at all certain who are…
Interpreting scripture | Buddhist | Catholic | Evangelical Protestant | Hindu | Historically Black Protestant | Jehovah's Witness | Jewish | Mainline Protestant | Mormon | Muslim | Orthodox Christian | Other Christian | Other Faiths | Other World Religions | Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | Don't know | Sample size |
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Word of God; not everything taken literally | 2% | 29% | 12% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 3% | 14% | 1% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 34% | < 1% | 155 |
Not the word of God | 1% | 16% | 3% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | 5% | 12% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 53% | 2% | 1,467 |
Other/don't know | < 1% | 24% | 8% | 3% | 1% | < 1% | 6% | 12% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 33% | 1% | 115 |
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