Views about human evolution among adults with some college education by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults with some college education by views about human evolution
% of adults with some college education 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 | 9% | 25% | 1% | 61% | 3% | 2,836 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 17% | 39% | 2% | 39% | 3% | 2,736 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 9% | 20% | 5% | 53% | 14% | 299 |
Not the word of God | 63% | 19% | 5% | 11% | 2% | 2,954 |
Other/don't know | 27% | 31% | 12% | 22% | 8% | 764 |
Learn More: Evolved; due to natural processes, Evolved; due to God's design, Always existed in present form