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Attitudes about the Origin of the Bible (2), 3 categories 1990-2020
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| '90 | '92 | '94 | '96 | '98 | '00 | '02 | '04 | '06 | '08 | '10 | '12 | '14 | '16 | '18 | '20 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bible Literal Truth | 45 (440) |
39 (897) |
41 (717) |
39 (669) |
36 (458) |
35 (623) |
** | 37 (450) |
** | 37 (858) |
** | 31 (1809) |
** | 31 (1291) |
** | 26 (2166) |
| God's Word, Not Literal | 41 (405) |
47 (1069) |
45 (788) |
46 (789) |
48 (609) |
49 (882) |
** | 46 (554) |
** | 44 (1011) |
** | 47 (2765) |
** | 46 (1921) |
** | 41 (3367) |
| Not the Word of God | 12 (115) |
12 (285) |
12 (209) |
13 (219) |
14 (178) |
12 (220) |
** | 15 (182) |
** | 17 (394) |
** | 21 (1251) |
** | 23 (988) |
** | 26 (2140) |
| Don't Know, Other | 2 (18) |
2 (42) |
3 (50) |
2 (27) |
2 (24) |
3 (60) |
** | 1 (17) |
** | 2 (41) |
** | 1 (35) |
** | 0 (21) |
** | 6 (520) |
| N | 978 | 2293 | 1763 | 1703 | 1268 | 1785 | 0 | 1203 | 0 | 2304 | 0 | 5860 | 0 | 4221 | 0 | 8194 |
Percentage Within Study Year
Table 1B.2b.
Source: VCF0850 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset,
weighted with VCF0009z
Link to see data by mode (2012, 2016)
Question Text:
"Which of these statements comes closest to describing your feelings about the Bible?" (STATEMENTS SHOWN TO R)
1. The Bible is the actual Word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word
2. The Bible is the Word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word
3. The Bible is a book written by men and is not the Word of God
Note:
2012 and 2016 data are for the combined (face-to-face and internet) sample.