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Question A. Which of these statements comes closest to describing your feelings about the Bible? READ FIRST THREE STATEMENTS ((a)-(c)) ONLY. CIRCLE ONLY ONE CODE. a. The Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word .....1nb. The Bible is the inspired word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word ..... .2nc.The Bible is an ancient book of fables, legends, history, and moral precepts recorded by men ......3
Values
[1]word of god[2]inspired word[3]ancient book[4]other (vol)[NA(d)]don't know[NA(i)]iap[NA(j)]I don't have a job[NA(m)]dk, na, iap[NA(n)]no answer[NA(p)]not imputable[NA(r)]refused[NA(s)]skipped on web[NA(u)]uncodeable[NA(x)]not available in this release[NA(y)]not available in this year[NA(z)]see codebook
Question Years and Ballots
| ballots | years |
| A/B/- | 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996 |
| A/B/C | 1988, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022 |
| Full | 1984, 1985, 1987 |
Overview
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Counts by year:
| year | iap | word of god | inspired word | ancient book | other (vol) | don't know | no answer | not available in this year | Total |
| 1984 | 484 | 367 | 455 | 134 | 7 | 13 | 13 | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 783 | 272 | 365 | 94 | 2 | 13 | 5 | - | 1534 |
| 1987 | 621 | 482 | 498 | 180 | 6 | 18 | 14 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | - | 505 | 696 | 239 | 10 | 28 | 3 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 531 | 312 | 494 | 160 | 4 | 27 | 9 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 444 | 299 | 455 | 140 | 7 | 19 | 8 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 493 | 355 | 488 | 151 | 8 | 18 | 4 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 526 | 356 | 524 | 163 | 9 | 22 | 6 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 1015 | 616 | 1002 | 292 | 18 | 34 | 15 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 944 | 592 | 970 | 334 | 12 | 40 | 12 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 463 | 724 | 1164 | 383 | 25 | 59 | 14 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 486 | 783 | 1084 | 361 | 23 | 71 | 9 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1393 | 390 | 727 | 192 | 36 | 24 | 3 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1472 | 450 | 627 | 219 | 23 | 14 | 7 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 1518 | 1010 | 1363 | 497 | 73 | 37 | 12 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | - | 639 | 924 | 392 | 32 | 23 | 13 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | - | 674 | 878 | 414 | 40 | 27 | 11 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | - | 634 | 865 | 404 | 30 | 26 | 15 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | - | 814 | 1095 | 555 | 25 | 29 | 20 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | - | 911 | 1252 | 625 | 42 | 21 | 16 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | - | 706 | 1079 | 494 | 35 | 18 | 16 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1705 | 528 | 787 | 441 | 28 | 37 | 18 | - | 3544 |
| Total | 12878 | 12419 | 17792 | 6864 | 495 | 618 | 243 | 4032 | 55341 |