Interpreting scripture among Mainline Protestants who say homosexuality should be discouraged by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Mainline Protestants who say homosexuality should be discouraged by interpretation of scripture
% of Mainline Protestants who say homosexuality should be discouraged 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 | 68% | 19% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 181 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 55% | 34% | 1% | 7% | 3% | 140 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 46% | 28% | 4% | 14% | 8% | 109 |
United Methodist Church | 48% | 34% | 4% | 8% | 6% | 520 |
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