Racial and ethnic composition among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by belief in God (2014) Switch to: Belief in God among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by race/ethnicity

% of adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men who identify as…

Belief in GodWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Believe in God; absolutely certain63%11%4%17%5%3,202
Believe in God; fairly certain74%5%5%12%3%3,392
Believe in God; not too/not at all certain70%3%8%15%3%1,448
Do not believe in God78%2%7%9%3%3,202
Other/don't know if they believe in God81%5%4%5%5%635
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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