Views about human evolution among adults who say religion is not too important by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults who say religion is not too important by views about human evolution
% of adults who say religion is not too important 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 | 25% | 22% | 1% | 48% | 4% | 139 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 45% | 28% | 3% | 23% | 1% | 444 |
Not the word of God | 76% | 11% | 5% | 7% | 2% | 2,918 |
Other/don't know | 50% | 19% | 15% | 8% | 8% | 276 |
Learn More: Evolved; due to natural processes, Evolved; due to God's design, Always existed in present form