Interpreting scripture among adults who seldom or never pray by views about human evolution (2014) Switch to: Views about human evolution among adults who seldom or never pray by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who seldom or never pray 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 | 2% | 6% | < 1% | 87% | 4% | 6,020 |
Evolved; due to God's design | 15% | 28% | < 1% | 50% | 8% | 819 |
Evolved; don't know how | 5% | 10% | 3% | 58% | 25% | 348 |
Always existed in present form | 20% | 22% | 1% | 51% | 6% | 780 |
Don't know | 13% | 11% | 6% | 41% | 30% | 156 |
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