Interpreting scripture among methodists in the Mainline Tradition by parental status (2014) Switch to: Parent of children under 18 among methodists in the Mainline Tradition by interpretation of scripture
% of methodists in the Mainline Tradition who say the holy scripture is…
Parent of children under 18 | 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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Parents | 25% | 46% | 2% | 20% | 8% | 330 |
Non-parents | 27% | 39% | 3% | 22% | 8% | 1,414 |
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