Interpreting scripture among adults who believe in God and are fairly certain by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who believe in God and are fairly certain by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who believe in God and are fairly certain 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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Episcopal Church | 6% | 22% | < 1% | 65% | 7% | 150 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 10% | 32% | 1% | 51% | 5% | 152 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 16% | 25% | 1% | 50% | 9% | 590 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 5% | 13% | 1% | 74% | 7% | 726 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 7% | 39% | < 1% | 47% | 6% | 103 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 22% | 38% | 4% | 30% | 6% | 144 |
United Methodist Church | 9% | 41% | 2% | 39% | 10% | 371 |
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