Interpreting scripture among never married adults by belief in God (2014) Switch to: Belief in God among never married adults by interpretation of scripture
% of never married adults who say the holy scripture is…
Belief in God | 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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Believe in God; absolutely certain | 38% | 36% | 3% | 18% | 6% | 3,711 |
Believe in God; fairly certain | 13% | 32% | 1% | 46% | 8% | 1,443 |
Believe in God; not too/not at all certain | 8% | 11% | < 1% | 74% | 6% | 533 |
Do not believe in God | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 95% | 3% | 1,044 |
Other/don't know if they believe in God | 2% | 4% | < 1% | 75% | 20% | 202 |
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