Views about human evolution 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 views about human evolution
% of adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men 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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Episcopal Church | 64% | 23% | 6% | 5% | 1% | 239 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 46% | 38% | 4% | 11% | 2% | 174 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 48% | 22% | 6% | 22% | 2% | 851 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 76% | 9% | 4% | 9% | 2% | 2,426 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 65% | 26% | 1% | 4% | 5% | 113 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 33% | 32% | 5% | 29% | 1% | 128 |
Unitarian | 83% | 6% | 3% | 6% | 2% | 143 |
United Methodist Church | 51% | 32% | 5% | 11% | 2% | 360 |
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