Interpreting scripture among adults with a household income of $30,000-$49,999 by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults with a household income of $30,000-$49,999 by interpretation of scripture
% of adults with a household income of $30,000-$49,999 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 | 32% | 56% | 4% | 6% | 2% | 117 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 27% | 41% | 2% | 26% | 5% | 119 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 54% | 28% | 1% | 12% | 6% | 160 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 55% | 38% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 125 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 24% | 24% | 1% | 43% | 8% | 353 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 4% | 8% | 1% | 80% | 7% | 524 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 59% | 28% | 3% | 8% | 3% | 343 |
United Methodist Church | 29% | 46% | 3% | 18% | 5% | 277 |
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