Views about environmental regulation among Christians by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among Christians by views about environmental protection
% of Christians who say…
Interpreting scripture | Stricter environmental laws and regulations cost too many jobs and hurt the economy | Stricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost | Neither/both equally | Don't know | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 49% | 44% | 2% | 4% | 9,031 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 41% | 56% | 2% | 2% | 8,437 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 41% | 42% | 7% | 11% | 889 |
Not the word of God | 33% | 63% | 2% | 2% | 4,891 |
Other/don't know | 35% | 52% | 6% | 7% | 1,800 |
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