Interpreting scripture among adults who say that right or wrong depends on the situation by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say that right or wrong depends on the situation by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who say that right or wrong depends on the situation 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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American Baptist Churches USA | 49% | 30% | 5% | 12% | 4% | 303 |
Assemblies of God | 62% | 26% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 182 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 28% | 54% | 3% | 10% | 4% | 252 |
Churches of Christ | 43% | 36% | 3% | 14% | 4% | 244 |
Episcopal Church | 9% | 29% | < 1% | 51% | 11% | 332 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 18% | 41% | 2% | 32% | 8% | 418 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 37% | 38% | 3% | 16% | 5% | 375 |
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.) | 47% | 30% | 2% | 14% | 7% | 101 |
Interdenominational (Mainline Trad.) | 9% | 30% | 1% | 38% | 22% | 104 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 34% | 47% | 3% | 11% | 6% | 233 |
National Baptist Convention | 62% | 25% | 2% | 7% | 4% | 309 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 34% | 50% | 3% | 7% | 6% | 201 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 23% | 23% | 1% | 42% | 10% | 1,407 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 4% | 7% | < 1% | 81% | 7% | 2,343 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 21% | 44% | 1% | 24% | 10% | 279 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 53% | 29% | 4% | 10% | 5% | 813 |
Spiritual but not religious | 6% | 12% | < 1% | 68% | 15% | 101 |
Unitarian | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 91% | 7% | 134 |
United Church of Christ | 15% | 31% | 1% | 41% | 12% | 167 |
United Methodist Church | 22% | 43% | 3% | 24% | 8% | 986 |
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