Gender composition among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by gender

% of adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men who are…

Religious traditionMenWomenSample size
Buddhist52%48%202
Catholic54%46%2,068
Evangelical Protestant55%45%636
Hindu69%31%119
Historically Black Protestant54%46%177
Jewish52%48%513
Mainline Protestant51%49%1,841
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")59%41%5,713
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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