Interpreting scripture among the Unaffiliated by importance of religion (2014) Switch to: Importance of religion in one's life among the Unaffiliated by interpretation of scripture
% of the Unaffiliated who say the holy scripture is…
Importance of religion in one's life | 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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Very important | 38% | 24% | 3% | 25% | 10% | 826 |
Somewhat important | 13% | 20% | 1% | 56% | 10% | 1,498 |
Not too important | 4% | 9% | < 1% | 79% | 7% | 1,924 |
Not at all important | 2% | 3% | < 1% | 91% | 4% | 3,232 |
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