Interpreting scripture among adults with an education level of high school or less by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults with an education level of high school or less by interpretation of scripture
% of adults with an education level of high school or less 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 | 59% | 20% | 5% | 13% | 3% | 236 |
Assemblies of God | 75% | 17% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 202 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 42% | 41% | 4% | 8% | 6% | 122 |
Churches of Christ | 55% | 30% | 2% | 11% | 3% | 196 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 34% | 40% | 1% | 19% | 5% | 143 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 55% | 26% | 3% | 12% | 4% | 326 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 48% | 41% | 4% | 5% | 2% | 121 |
National Baptist Convention | 71% | 15% | 2% | 8% | 4% | 204 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 57% | 34% | 2% | 4% | 3% | 142 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 34% | 25% | 2% | 31% | 8% | 902 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 9% | 13% | 1% | 70% | 8% | 811 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 65% | 21% | 3% | 6% | 4% | 672 |
United Methodist Church | 42% | 37% | 3% | 11% | 7% | 382 |
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