Interpreting scripture among conservatives by views about human evolution (2014) Switch to: Views about human evolution among conservatives by interpretation of scripture
% of conservatives 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 | 23% | 24% | 1% | 46% | 6% | 2,288 |
Evolved; due to God's design | 34% | 41% | 3% | 16% | 6% | 3,308 |
Evolved; don't know how | 25% | 29% | 3% | 22% | 21% | 417 |
Always existed in present form | 60% | 26% | 4% | 7% | 3% | 6,266 |
Don't know | 44% | 22% | 12% | 9% | 12% | 656 |
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