Interpreting scripture among who do not believe in Heaven by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among who do not believe in Heaven by interpretation of scripture
% of who do not believe in Heaven 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 | < 1% | 14% | < 1% | 85% | 1% | 120 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 9% | 16% | 1% | 66% | 8% | 430 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 1% | 3% | < 1% | 92% | 4% | 1,822 |
Unitarian | < 1% | 4% | < 1% | 93% | 3% | 112 |
United Methodist Church | 6% | 23% | 2% | 60% | 8% | 157 |
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