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Feelings about the bible
Variable: bible
Module:
Core
Subject:
Religion
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Split Ballots
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Survey Questions
Questions associated with this variable:

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

Year Availability
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Summary by Year
Showing All Years
Code Label
1 Word of god
2 Inspired word
3 Book of fables
4 Other
8 Don't know
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0 Not applicable
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367 272 482 505 312 299 355 356 616 592 724 783 390 450 1010 639 674 634 814 911 706
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484 783 621 0 531 444 493 526 1015 944 463 486 1393 1472 1518 0 0 0 0 0 0
Summary Statistics
Valid cases 33472
Missing cases 28994