Feelings about the bible:version z

bibley

Source

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

Details

Question 120b. Here are four statements about the Bible, and I'd like you to tell me which is the closest to your own view: 1. The Bible is God's word and all it says is true. 2. The Bible was written by men inspired by God, but it contains some human errors. 3. The Bible is a good book because it was written by wise men, but God had nothing to do with it. 4. The Bible was written by men who lived so long ago that it is worth very little today.

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	don't know	god's word	inspired by god	no answer	not worth much	other	written by man	not available in this year	Total
1972	1613	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1613
1973	1504	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1504
1974	1484	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1484
1975	1490	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1490
1976	1499	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1499
1977	1530	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1530
1978	1532	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1532
1980	1468	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1468
1982	1860	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1860
1983	1599	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1599
1984	989	5	219	215	5	10	3	27	-	1473
1985	751	10	340	366	13	8	7	39	-	1534
1986	1470	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1470
1987	1198	7	293	260	14	8	2	37	-	1819
1988	1481	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1481
1989	1537	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1537
1990	1372	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1372
1991	1517	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1517
1993	1606	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1606
1994	2992	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2992
1996	2904	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2904
1998	2832	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2832
2000	2817	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2817
2002	2765	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2765
2004	2812	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2812
2006	4510	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4510
2008	2023	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2023
2010	2044	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2044
2012	1974	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1974
2014	2538	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2538
2016	2867	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2867
2018	2348	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2348
2021	4032	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4032
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3544	3544
2024	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3309	3309
Total	66958	22	852	841	32	26	12	103	6853	75699

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