Interpreting scripture among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm 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 | 56% | 26% | 2% | 10% | 6% | 225 |
Assemblies of God | 68% | 24% | 1% | 4% | 3% | 178 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 24% | 53% | 4% | 13% | 6% | 199 |
Churches of Christ | 42% | 37% | 3% | 13% | 5% | 221 |
Episcopal Church | 8% | 32% | < 1% | 53% | 8% | 284 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 19% | 37% | 1% | 36% | 8% | 311 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 45% | 31% | 2% | 17% | 5% | 278 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 30% | 43% | 4% | 14% | 9% | 148 |
National Baptist Convention | 67% | 22% | 2% | 6% | 4% | 320 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 48% | 37% | 4% | 7% | 4% | 203 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 26% | 22% | 2% | 41% | 9% | 1,038 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 4% | 8% | < 1% | 81% | 6% | 1,707 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 22% | 39% | < 1% | 26% | 12% | 238 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 55% | 28% | 2% | 11% | 4% | 572 |
Unitarian | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 89% | 8% | 136 |
United Church of Christ | 10% | 27% | 1% | 46% | 16% | 142 |
United Methodist Church | 22% | 38% | 2% | 28% | 9% | 688 |
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