Interpreting scripture among adults who say religion is very important by views about government aid to the poor (2014) Switch to: Views about government aid to the poor among adults who say religion is very important by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who say religion is very important 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 | 51% | 32% | 4% | 8% | 5% | 9,210 |
Does more good than harm | 47% | 30% | 3% | 13% | 6% | 8,279 |
Neither/both equally | 43% | 25% | 9% | 9% | 14% | 788 |
Don't know | 51% | 14% | 13% | 9% | 13% | 448 |
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