Feelings about the bible:version z

bibley

Source

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

Details

Question B. Here are four statements about the Bible, and I'd like you to tell me which is closest to your own view. READ FIRST FOUR STATEMENTS ((a)-(d)) ONLY. CIRCLE ONLY ONE CODE. a. The Bible is God's Word and all it says is true......1 b.The Bible was written by men inspired by God, but it contains some human errors ......2 c. The Bible is a good book because it was written by wise men, but God had nothing to do with it ......3 d. The Bible was written by men who lived so long ago that it is worth very little today......4

Values

[1] god's word
[2] inspired by god
[3] written by man
[4] not worth much
[5] other
[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
-	1984, 1985, 1987

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	god's word	inspired by god	written by man	not worth much	other	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1984	989	219	215	27	10	3	5	5	-	1473
1985	751	340	366	39	8	7	10	13	-	1534
1987	1198	293	260	37	8	2	7	14	-	1819
Total	2938	852	841	103	26	12	22	32	0	4826