Interpreting scripture among 18-29 year olds by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among 18-29 year olds by interpretation of scripture
% of 18-29 year olds who say the holy scripture is…
Religious denomination | 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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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 23% | 67% | 4% | 6% | < 1% | 112 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 40% | 50% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 112 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 19% | 26% | 2% | 45% | 8% | 496 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 5% | 9% | < 1% | 81% | 6% | 759 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 41% | 39% | 3% | 15% | 3% | 160 |
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