Frequency of participation in prayer, scripture study or religious education groups among independents and those who don't lean to either party by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among independents and those who don't lean to either party by attendance at prayer groups
% of independents and those who don't lean to either party who attend prayer group…
Interpreting scripture | At least once a week | Once or twice a month | Several times a year | Seldom/never | Don't know | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 45% | 12% | 8% | 34% | 2% | 1,619 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 27% | 8% | 10% | 54% | 1% | 1,314 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 39% | 7% | 11% | 40% | 4% | 251 |
Not the word of God | 6% | 5% | 5% | 84% | < 1% | 1,798 |
Other/don't know | 13% | 8% | 8% | 66% | 5% | 676 |
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