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% of adults who say the holy scripture is…
Views about government aid to the poor | 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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Does more harm than good | 34% | 30% | 3% | 27% | 6% | 15,591 |
Does more good than harm | 27% | 24% | 2% | 40% | 7% | 17,359 |
Neither/both equally | 28% | 21% | 6% | 28% | 17% | 1,372 |
Don't know | 34% | 15% | 9% | 22% | 19% | 749 |
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