Generational cohort among who do not believe in Heaven by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among who do not believe in Heaven by generational group
% of who do not believe in Heaven who are…
Interpreting scripture | Younger Millennial | Older Millennial | Generation X | Baby Boomer | Silent | Greatest | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 10% | 14% | 28% | 36% | 9% | 2% | 428 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 16% | 12% | 26% | 34% | 11% | 1% | 575 |
Not the word of God | 19% | 20% | 27% | 25% | 8% | 1% | 6,409 |
Other/don't know | 10% | 19% | 24% | 29% | 16% | 3% | 391 |
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