Re: 1/3 of Americans believe Bible is literally true

On May 25, 2007, at 3:25 PM, ravi wrote:

I think this sort of thing reflects more than anything else the [necessarily] narrow ‘excluded middle’ approach of those collecting and analysing data.

The were given three choices - literal truth, inspired word of God,
collection of fables. I’m not sure what’s excluded by that trio; it
covers all the bases I can think of.

The inverse correlation between education (by which I am sure is implied formal education)

Not implied, expressed. The educational categories were the
conventional ones: HS or less, some coll, coll grad, postgrad.

Doug

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