Interpreting scripture among never married adults by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among never married adults by interpretation of scripture
% of never married adults 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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Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 40% | 42% | 2% | 14% | 2% | 100 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 40% | 49% | 3% | 5% | 4% | 111 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 25% | 25% | 2% | 38% | 10% | 572 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 7% | 9% | < 1% | 76% | 7% | 896 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 41% | 36% | 3% | 17% | 3% | 185 |
United Methodist Church | 27% | 52% | 2% | 14% | 5% | 136 |
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