Belief in God among adults in Generation X by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults in Generation X by belief in God
% of adults in Generation X who say they…
Interpreting scripture | Believe in God; absolutely certain | Believe in God; fairly certain | Believe in God; not too/not at all certain | Believe in God; don't know | Do not believe in God | Other/don't know if they believe in God | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 87% | 11% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1,998 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 77% | 20% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2,013 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 90% | 8% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 164 |
Not the word of God | 29% | 30% | 11% | < 1% | 25% | 4% | 2,651 |
Other/don't know | 60% | 25% | 6% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 477 |
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