Views about human evolution among who believe in Heaven by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among who believe in Heaven by views about human evolution
% of who believe in Heaven who say humans…
Interpreting scripture | Evolved; due to natural processes | Evolved; due to God's design | Evolved; don't know how | Always existed in present form | Don't know | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 12% | 23% | 2% | 58% | 5% | 8,889 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 20% | 39% | 3% | 36% | 3% | 8,489 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 9% | 21% | 5% | 47% | 17% | 806 |
Not the word of God | 47% | 29% | 4% | 18% | 2% | 4,538 |
Other/don't know | 23% | 32% | 10% | 25% | 10% | 1,615 |
Learn More: Evolved; due to natural processes, Evolved; due to God's design, Always existed in present form