Interpreting scripture among adults who would rather have a bigger government with more services by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who would rather have a bigger government with more services by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who would rather have a bigger government with more services 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 | 63% | 23% | 2% | 9% | 3% | 207 |
Assemblies of God | 75% | 17% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 130 |
Church of God in Christ | 68% | 23% | 2% | 6% | 1% | 108 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 42% | 39% | 2% | 14% | 3% | 113 |
Churches of Christ | 49% | 28% | 2% | 15% | 5% | 161 |
Episcopal Church | 12% | 30% | < 1% | 52% | 6% | 179 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 20% | 38% | 1% | 35% | 6% | 187 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 46% | 38% | 3% | 11% | 3% | 206 |
National Baptist Convention | 67% | 19% | 1% | 7% | 6% | 330 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 53% | 34% | 2% | 9% | 3% | 103 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 33% | 21% | 2% | 35% | 8% | 890 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 6% | 8% | < 1% | 79% | 6% | 1,260 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 22% | 38% | 2% | 28% | 11% | 146 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 55% | 31% | 3% | 8% | 4% | 405 |
Unitarian | 1% | 3% | < 1% | 92% | 4% | 110 |
United Methodist Church | 26% | 42% | 1% | 25% | 6% | 412 |
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