Interpreting scripture among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good 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 | 51% | 29% | 5% | 13% | 2% | 206 |
Assemblies of God | 74% | 19% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 259 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 36% | 55% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 407 |
Churches of Christ | 53% | 32% | 3% | 9% | 2% | 249 |
Episcopal Church | 10% | 38% | 2% | 42% | 9% | 187 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 23% | 46% | 1% | 24% | 6% | 292 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 58% | 28% | 2% | 8% | 4% | 501 |
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.) | 47% | 44% | 4% | 2% | 4% | 102 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 45% | 41% | 3% | 9% | 1% | 289 |
National Baptist Convention | 58% | 26% | 1% | 11% | 4% | 111 |
Nondenominational charismatic | 55% | 33% | 8% | 3% | 1% | 109 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 56% | 35% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 443 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 23% | 28% | 1% | 39% | 8% | 851 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 5% | 9% | < 1% | 78% | 7% | 1,083 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 28% | 41% | 5% | 22% | 5% | 166 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 64% | 23% | 4% | 6% | 3% | 1,190 |
United Methodist Church | 31% | 45% | 3% | 15% | 6% | 870 |
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