Belief in God among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by belief in God
% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally who say they…
Religious denomination | 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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American Baptist Churches USA | 80% | 18% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 132 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 90% | 9% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 354 |
Churches of Christ | 81% | 16% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 162 |
Episcopal Church | 74% | 20% | 2% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | 159 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 75% | 22% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 280 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 83% | 16% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 215 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 77% | 23% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 177 |
National Baptist Convention | 88% | 8% | 3% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 101 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 87% | 12% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 236 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 65% | 29% | 5% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 468 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 39% | 38% | 14% | < 1% | 8% | 1% | 212 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 72% | 27% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 172 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 85% | 14% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 430 |
United Methodist Church | 77% | 22% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 686 |
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