Interpreting scripture among baptists in the Mainline Tradition by age group (2014) Switch to: Age distribution among baptists in the Mainline Tradition by interpretation of scripture
% of baptists in the Mainline Tradition who say the holy scripture is…
Age distribution | 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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18-29 | 31% | 46% | < 1% | 20% | 3% | 112 |
30-49 | 46% | 30% | 4% | 17% | 3% | 142 |
50-64 | 52% | 22% | 5% | 14% | 7% | 190 |
65+ | 54% | 18% | 5% | 12% | 10% | 181 |
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