Interpreting scripture among adults who say humans evolved due to God's design by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say humans evolved due to God's design by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who say humans evolved due to God's design who say the holy scripture is…
Religious denomination | Word of God; should be taken literally | Word of God; not everything taken literally | Word of God; other/don't know | Not the word of God | Other/don't know | Sample size |
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American Baptist Churches USA | 41% | 32% | 5% | 16% | 7% | 136 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 26% | 67% | 3% | 4% | 1% | 185 |
Churches of Christ | 39% | 45% | 3% | 11% | 3% | 132 |
Episcopal Church | 5% | 52% | 1% | 32% | 10% | 158 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 14% | 52% | 1% | 27% | 6% | 253 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 38% | 38% | 4% | 17% | 4% | 200 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 31% | 52% | 2% | 8% | 7% | 143 |
National Baptist Convention | 60% | 25% | 1% | 11% | 3% | 144 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 31% | 55% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 155 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 24% | 31% | 1% | 32% | 11% | 517 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 8% | 21% | < 1% | 60% | 11% | 316 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 18% | 57% | 1% | 19% | 5% | 144 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 47% | 34% | 3% | 11% | 5% | 432 |
United Methodist Church | 20% | 51% | 3% | 19% | 8% | 560 |
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