Interpreting scripture among widowed adults by belief in God (2014) Switch to: Belief in God among widowed adults by interpretation of scripture
% of widowed 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 | 52% | 25% | 5% | 10% | 8% | 2,337 |
Believe in God; fairly certain | 22% | 28% | 4% | 35% | 11% | 506 |
Believe in God; not too/not at all certain | 8% | 15% | 1% | 58% | 17% | 108 |
Do not believe in God | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | 93% | 4% | 140 |
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