Interpreting scripture among adults who seldom or never read scripture by views about human evolution (2014) Switch to: Views about human evolution among adults who seldom or never read scripture by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who seldom or never read scripture 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% | 12% | < 1% | 77% | 6% | 8,683 |
Evolved; due to God's design | 16% | 38% | 1% | 37% | 8% | 3,379 |
Evolved; don't know how | 9% | 16% | 3% | 48% | 24% | 772 |
Always existed in present form | 31% | 32% | 2% | 28% | 6% | 2,752 |
Don't know | 23% | 16% | 9% | 27% | 25% | 499 |
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