Views about human evolution among adults in the New York City metro area by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults in the New York City metro area by views about human evolution
% of adults in the New York City metro area who say humans…
Interpreting scripture | 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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Word of God; should be taken literally | 15% | 23% | 4% | 50% | 9% | 355 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 24% | 38% | 3% | 31% | 5% | 453 |
Not the word of God | 65% | 17% | 5% | 10% | 3% | 771 |
Other/don't know | 32% | 24% | 18% | 20% | 6% | 153 |
Learn More: Evolved; due to natural processes, Evolved; due to God's design, Always existed in present form