Immigrant status 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 immigrant status

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

Religious denominationImmigrantsSecond generationThird generation or higherSample size
Episcopal Church6%7%87%236
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)< 1%8%91%173
Nothing in particular (religion important)13%13%74%837
Nothing in particular (religion not important)12%13%74%2,390
Presbyterian Church (USA)3%4%93%112
Southern Baptist Convention3%1%96%128
Unitarian4%10%86%141
United Methodist Church3%5%91%360
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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