Religious tradition among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by generational group (2014) Switch to: Generational cohort among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by religious group
% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally who are…
Generational cohort | Buddhist | Catholic | Evangelical Protestant | Hindu | Historically Black Protestant | Jehovah's Witness | Jewish | Mainline Protestant | Mormon | Muslim | Orthodox Christian | Other Christian | Other Faiths | Other World Religions | Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | Don't know | Sample size |
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Younger Millennial | < 1% | 23% | 29% | 1% | 7% | 1% | 2% | 18% | 3% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 13% | < 1% | 985 |
Older Millennial | < 1% | 18% | 33% | 1% | 8% | 1% | 2% | 15% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 13% | < 1% | 1,052 |
Generation X | < 1% | 27% | 29% | < 1% | 6% | 1% | 2% | 18% | 4% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 10% | < 1% | 2,013 |
Baby Boomer | < 1% | 33% | 26% | < 1% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 21% | 3% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 8% | < 1% | 3,562 |
Silent | < 1% | 35% | 24% | < 1% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 28% | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 1,628 |
Greatest | < 1% | 39% | 14% | < 1% | 5% | < 1% | 3% | 33% | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 137 |
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