Views about human evolution among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good by views about human evolution
% of adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good 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 | 16% | 32% | 2% | 45% | 5% | 206 |
Assemblies of God | 4% | 19% | 3% | 70% | 3% | 259 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 6% | 28% | 1% | 58% | 7% | 407 |
Churches of Christ | 13% | 27% | 1% | 55% | 3% | 249 |
Episcopal Church | 42% | 36% | 2% | 15% | 5% | 187 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 18% | 36% | 2% | 41% | 3% | 292 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 12% | 25% | 1% | 58% | 4% | 501 |
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.) | 7% | 20% | 3% | 65% | 5% | 102 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 15% | 31% | 2% | 50% | 2% | 289 |
National Baptist Convention | 19% | 26% | 3% | 51% | 1% | 111 |
Nondenominational charismatic | 4% | 19% | 1% | 72% | 4% | 109 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 3% | 21% | 1% | 72% | 3% | 443 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 34% | 27% | 5% | 31% | 4% | 851 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 65% | 14% | 4% | 15% | 3% | 1,083 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 22% | 43% | 1% | 30% | 4% | 166 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 10% | 23% | 1% | 62% | 4% | 1,190 |
United Methodist Church | 18% | 35% | 3% | 40% | 4% | 870 |
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