Interpreting scripture among men by views about human evolution (2014) Switch to: Views about human evolution among men by interpretation of scripture
% of men 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 | 9% | 13% | 1% | 71% | 6% | 6,666 |
Evolved; due to God's design | 25% | 40% | 2% | 25% | 8% | 4,329 |
Evolved; don't know how | 13% | 19% | 3% | 40% | 24% | 780 |
Always existed in present form | 51% | 28% | 3% | 13% | 5% | 5,070 |
Don't know | 35% | 22% | 12% | 14% | 17% | 669 |
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