Interpreting scripture among adults who say that there are clear standards for what is right and wrong by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say that there are clear standards for what is right and wrong by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who say that there are clear standards for what is right and wrong 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 | 62% | 23% | 1% | 7% | 6% | 152 |
Assemblies of God | 79% | 16% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 263 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 36% | 54% | 5% | 2% | 3% | 374 |
Churches of Christ | 56% | 31% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 243 |
Episcopal Church | 13% | 46% | < 1% | 37% | 4% | 146 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 26% | 45% | 2% | 20% | 7% | 209 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 71% | 20% | 2% | 5% | 2% | 432 |
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.) | 51% | 44% | 3% | 1% | < 1% | 101 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 47% | 35% | 5% | 11% | 2% | 219 |
National Baptist Convention | 68% | 14% | 2% | 7% | 9% | 143 |
Nondenominational charismatic | 61% | 25% | 9% | 5% | < 1% | 101 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 62% | 29% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 470 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 28% | 26% | 1% | 35% | 9% | 555 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 7% | 12% | 1% | 72% | 7% | 561 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 29% | 33% | 4% | 25% | 9% | 136 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 69% | 19% | 4% | 5% | 2% | 989 |
United Methodist Church | 36% | 39% | 3% | 15% | 7% | 623 |
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