Interpreting scripture among independents and those who don't lean to either party by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among independents and those who don't lean to either party by interpretation of scripture
% of independents and those who don't lean to either party 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.) | 47% | 29% | 1% | 14% | 8% | 104 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 28% | 23% | 5% | 31% | 13% | 547 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 6% | 9% | < 1% | 73% | 11% | 598 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 53% | 22% | 5% | 12% | 7% | 177 |
United Methodist Church | 28% | 37% | 4% | 18% | 13% | 154 |
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