Views about human evolution among adults in the Silent generation by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults in the Silent generation by views about human evolution
% of adults in the Silent generation 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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Churches of Christ | 10% | 15% | 4% | 60% | 11% | 104 |
Episcopal Church | 39% | 27% | 7% | 15% | 12% | 147 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 15% | 34% | 6% | 38% | 7% | 181 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 7% | 21% | 2% | 62% | 9% | 136 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 11% | 29% | 5% | 46% | 8% | 124 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 25% | 33% | 5% | 28% | 8% | 166 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 65% | 6% | 8% | 16% | 5% | 305 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 25% | 36% | 3% | 26% | 11% | 137 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 9% | 20% | 2% | 58% | 10% | 447 |
United Methodist Church | 21% | 31% | 4% | 35% | 9% | 474 |
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