Views about environmental regulation among who believe in Hell by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among who believe in Hell by views about environmental protection

% of who believe in Hell who say…

Religious denominationStricter environmental laws and regulations cost too many jobs and hurt the economyStricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the costNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA44%52%2%2%370
Assemblies of God47%46%2%5%409
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)53%40%2%5%103
Church of God in Christ38%55%2%5%153
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints54%42%3%2%367
Churches of Christ52%44%1%3%415
Episcopal Church38%58%2%2%181
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)34%64%1%1%364
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)55%42%2%1%699
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)32%64%3%1%148
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod45%51%2%2%339
National Baptist Convention29%66%2%2%400
Nondenominational charismatic44%54%1%1%150
Nondenominational evangelical51%44%3%3%561
Nothing in particular (religion important)40%54%2%4%1,019
Nothing in particular (religion not important)34%61%2%3%530
Presbyterian Church (USA)45%51%2%1%209
Southern Baptist Convention51%44%3%3%1,594
United Methodist Church47%49%2%2%1,004
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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