Feelings about the bible (with volunteered response on web)

biblev

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question Which of these statements comes closest to describing your feelings about the Bible? A.) The Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word. B.) The Bible is the inspired word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word. C.) The Bible is an ancient book of fables, legends, history, and moral precepts recorded by man.

Values

• [1] word of god

• [2] inspired word

• [3] ancient book

• [4] other (phone mode only: volunteered)

• [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/C	2021, 2022, 2024

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for biblev.

Counts by year:

year	iap	word of god	inspired word	ancient book	other (phone mode only: volunteered)	don't know	no answer	skipped on web	Total
2021	2007	424	816	574	186	3	3	19	4032
2022	2698	163	349	223	105	-	-	6	3544
Total	4705	587	1165	797	291	3	3	25	7576