Views about human evolution among adults ages 65 and older by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults ages 65 and older by views about human evolution
% of adults ages 65 and older who say humans…
Religious denomination | 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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American Baptist Churches USA | 22% | 22% | 2% | 45% | 9% | 139 |
Assemblies of God | 6% | 19% | 6% | 64% | 5% | 145 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 14% | 18% | 3% | 55% | 10% | 138 |
Churches of Christ | 10% | 15% | 3% | 58% | 13% | 151 |
Episcopal Church | 40% | 32% | 7% | 13% | 8% | 222 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 17% | 33% | 5% | 39% | 6% | 265 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 8% | 21% | 2% | 60% | 9% | 212 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 11% | 29% | 5% | 48% | 7% | 180 |
National Baptist Convention | 14% | 15% | 8% | 51% | 13% | 143 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 5% | 15% | 2% | 75% | 4% | 107 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 27% | 28% | 4% | 32% | 9% | 276 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 66% | 10% | 6% | 15% | 3% | 518 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 27% | 33% | 3% | 28% | 8% | 206 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 9% | 19% | 2% | 60% | 9% | 643 |
United Church of Christ | 39% | 24% | 6% | 21% | 10% | 100 |
United Methodist Church | 22% | 29% | 5% | 35% | 8% | 691 |
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