Interpreting scripture among adults in Generation X by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults in Generation X by interpretation of scripture
% of adults in Generation X 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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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 34% | 54% | 1% | 7% | 3% | 162 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 14% | 47% | < 1% | 33% | 5% | 109 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 52% | 34% | 2% | 8% | 4% | 184 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 61% | 30% | 4% | 2% | 3% | 168 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 30% | 21% | 1% | 36% | 11% | 506 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 4% | 10% | < 1% | 78% | 8% | 670 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 58% | 25% | 5% | 8% | 3% | 323 |
United Methodist Church | 25% | 47% | < 1% | 20% | 7% | 271 |
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