Interpreting scripture among adults who seldom or never feel a deep sense of spiritual peace and wellbeing by views about human evolution (2014) Switch to: Views about human evolution among adults who seldom or never feel a deep sense of spiritual peace and wellbeing by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who seldom or never feel a deep sense of spiritual peace and wellbeing who say the holy scripture is…
Views about human evolution | 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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Evolved; due to natural processes | 5% | 11% | < 1% | 78% | 5% | 3,028 |
Evolved; due to God's design | 17% | 33% | 1% | 40% | 9% | 842 |
Evolved; don't know how | 12% | 15% | 2% | 49% | 23% | 217 |
Always existed in present form | 34% | 30% | 1% | 29% | 7% | 965 |
Don't know | 26% | 18% | 8% | 25% | 23% | 210 |
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