State among adults who say religion is very important by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults who say religion is very important by state
% of adults who say religion is very important who are in…
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 3% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 10% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | 4% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 5% | 4% | < 1% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 4% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 3% | 10% | 1% | < 1% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 8,472 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 2% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 11% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | 4% | < 1% | 1% | 5% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 3% | 1% | 6% | 3% | < 1% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 5% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 2% | 8% | 2% | < 1% | 2% | 2% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 6,158 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 3% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 9% | 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 7% | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | 1% | 5% | 5% | < 1% | 4% | 1% | 2% | 3% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 4% | 8% | 1% | < 1% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 816 |
Not the word of God | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | 13% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 7% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 3% | 1% | 8% | 3% | < 1% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 8% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 2,020 |
Other/don't know | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 11% | 3% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 8% | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 3% | 1% | 5% | 4% | < 1% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 4% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 3% | 9% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1,259 |
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