Generational cohort among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by generational group

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

Religious denominationYounger MillennialOlder MillennialGeneration XBaby BoomerSilentGreatestSample size
Episcopal Church4%11%23%41%19%2%236
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)12%9%29%35%14%< 1%168
Nothing in particular (religion important)19%25%27%24%5%< 1%836
Nothing in particular (religion not important)22%20%28%24%6%< 1%2,395
Presbyterian Church (USA)4%5%29%36%25%1%110
Southern Baptist Convention14%14%26%28%17%1%125
Unitarian14%9%28%33%15%1%142
United Methodist Church3%12%24%41%19%1%356
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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