Views about human evolution among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by views about human evolution
% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally 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 | 20% | 36% | 2% | 35% | 7% | 132 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 7% | 36% | 2% | 48% | 7% | 354 |
Churches of Christ | 22% | 38% | 1% | 38% | 2% | 162 |
Episcopal Church | 25% | 53% | 6% | 13% | 3% | 159 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 14% | 49% | 4% | 29% | 4% | 280 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 18% | 36% | 1% | 43% | 2% | 215 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 20% | 41% | 2% | 37% | 1% | 177 |
National Baptist Convention | 21% | 37% | 2% | 37% | 3% | 101 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 4% | 39% | 2% | 54% | 2% | 236 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 27% | 35% | 4% | 31% | 3% | 468 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 37% | 31% | 3% | 28% | 2% | 212 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 19% | 48% | 3% | 29% | 2% | 172 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 19% | 33% | 1% | 44% | 3% | 430 |
United Methodist Church | 18% | 41% | 4% | 32% | 5% | 686 |
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